The little penguin is the smallest species of penguin in the world, and originates from New Zealand and Australia. It is commonly known as the fairy penguin, little blue penguin, or blue penguin, owin
Eudyptula minor Bruny 1
A white-flippered penguin in the South Island
Little blue penguin in Wellington Zoo, New Zealand
The genus Eudyptula from Ancient Greek εὖ, meaning "well", δύπτης, meaning "diver", and Latin -ula, a diminutive suffix, contains a single extant species of penguin, found in southern Australia, Tasma
Little penguin
…penguins from New Zealand and Australia were once considered the same species, called Eudyptula minor. Analysis of mtDNA in 2002 revealed two clades in Eudyptula: one containing little penguins of New Zealand's North Island, Cook Strait and Chatham Island, as well as the white-flippered penguin, and a second…