Species profile—Eudyptula minor (little penguin)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Spheniscidae (Penguins) → Eudyptula minor (little penguin)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Scientific name
- Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781)
- Common name
- little penguin
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1113
- Alternate name(s)
- fairy penguin
southern blue penguin
little blue penguin - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1113.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
