The penguins native to Australia, which are known as either little penguins or fairy penguins, weigh, on average, about 1 ...

St Kilda Pier in Melbourne has a colony of around 1,400 fairy penguins, the smallest penguin species with an average height of just 33cm (13 inches). The colony is monitored by volunteers.

king penguin, little blue/fairy penguin, yellow eyed penguin, Magellanic penguin and the erect crested penguin. But then in 2006, the rockhopper penguin began to be recognised as two different ...