68x68mm Square full colour printed magnet. ‘LITTLE PENGUIN’. 100% Tasmanian Made. (c) Annie Fitz – Art Magnet Range.
The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin which originates from New Zealand. It is commonly known as the fairy penguin.
New Zealanders call this penguin the Little Blue Penguin or just Blue Penguin. Australians call it the Fairy Penguin. These common names come from their small size, the smallest of any of the world’s penguins, and the distinctive slate-blue or indigo-blue coloration of the feathers on the top of their body. Their scientific genus name, Eudyptula, means ‘good little diver,’ which they are. These penguins do not migrate. They are year-round residents of their island and mainland locations in the Southern Hemisphere. When they leave the land to forage in shallow inshore waters, they do so in flocks at dawn under cover of darkness, spend the day at sea, and return to land at dusk. The dawn to dusk behaviour in flocks provides them with protection from predators.
