Fairy Penguins are the Smallest, Blue and Super-cute !

You can find this smallest penguin species in the Southern Australia and New Zealand. They have many names like”fairy penguin”, “little penguin”, “blue penguin”, “little blue penguin”etc.

This little penguins hardly grows more than 14-17 inches. The average height is 13 in. The average weight is only 3.3 lb.

Like all penguins these birds can swim well. The average life span is 6.5 years but can live up to 25 years in captivity.

Like most other wildlife today, these little blue fairies are in danger too due to human activities. There habitations have been destroyed, ecosystem altered due to such activities. Moreover, increase of global temperature, oil spills and sea garbage are making it difficult for them to survive.