The white-flippered penguin is an endangered bird, according to the Red List used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Peculiar to Banks Peninsula, and Motunau Island off North Canterbury, the white-flippered form of little blue penguin may be a sub-species or even a separate species. The birds are distinguished by a white edge to their flippers and are somewhat larger than the other forms of little blue penguin.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 291, 1 February 1999, Unnumbered Page
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74The white-flippered penguin is an endangered bird, according to the Red List used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Peculiar to Banks Peninsula, and Motunau Island off North Canterbury, the white-flippered form of little blue penguin may be a sub-species or even a separate species. The birds are distinguished by a white edge to their flippers and are somewhat larger than the other forms of little blue penguin. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Forest and Bird, Issue 291, 1 February 1999, Unnumbered Page
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