Eudyptula minor

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES Sphenisciformes Spheniscidae

Scientific Name: Eudyptula minor
Species Authority: (Forster, 1781)
Common Name/s:
English – Little Penguin, Blue Penguin, Fairy Penguin

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2009
Assessor/s BirdLife International
Evaluator/s: Bird, J., Butchart, S.(BirdLife International)
Justification:
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History:
2008 – Least Concern
2004 – Least Concern
2000 – Lower Risk/least concern
1994 – Lower Risk/least concern
1988 – Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Australia; New Zealand

Population [top]

Population: The global population size has not been quantified, but the population in Australia is estimated as under 1,000,000 individuals (del Hoyo et al. 1992).

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: BirdLife International 2009. Eudyptula minor. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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