New Zealand: World’s Smallest Penguins – Blue Penguins

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Blue Penguins (Eudyptula minor) or Korora (its Maori name), are the world’s smallest penguins. They are approximately 30cm tall, weigh around 1kg as an adult, and live to about 8-10 years old. At the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony we have birds that are 18 years old, the oldest penguin on record is 25. (Phillip Island, Australia)

Blue penguins breed on the coastal mainland and islands of New Zealand and southern Australia (shown on map below) To the Australians they are also known as little penguins or fairy penguins.