fairy penguins
Tiny blue seabirds
Fairy penguins are the smallest penguin species, standing about a foot tall, native to the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand.
Their blue-gray plumage gives them their other common name: little blue penguins.
We watched the fairy penguins waddle ashore at dusk.
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- southern hemisphereRegion below the equator
- seabirdsOcean-dwelling avians
- coloniesTerritories under foreign control
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