page_title: List of birds of Tasmania
section_title: Penguins
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Tasmania / Penguins
caption_attribution_description: Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor), Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
context_page_description: A total of 379 species of bird have been recorded living in the wild on the island of Tasmania, nearby islands and islands in Bass Strait. Birds of Macquarie Island are not included in this list. Twelve species are unique to the island of Tasmania, and most of these are common and widespread. However, the forty-spotted pardalote is rare and restricted, while the island's two breeding endemic species, the world's only migratory parrots, are both threatened. 22 species are introduced, and 30 species are globally threatened.
  Several species of penguin are late summer visitors to Tasmanian shores. Tasmania's endemic birds have led to it being classified as an Endemic Bird Area, one of 218 such areas worldwide. Priority regions for habitat-based conservation of birds around the world, they are defined by containing two or more restricted-range species.
  Although Tasmania has been isolated from the Australian mainland for about 10,000 years, islands in the Bass Strait between the two landmasses have allowed many species to traverse. With around 5,400 km of coastline and 350 offshore islands, Tasmania provides a diverse haven for birds despite its relatively small size.
context_section_description: Order: Sphenisciformes   Family: Spheniscidae
  Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. One species breeds on the Tasmanian coast.
  King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus (V)
  Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae (V)
  Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua (V)
  Chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica (V)
  Little penguin, Eudyptula minor
  Fiordland penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus (V)
  Erect-crested penguin, Eudyptes sclateri (V)
  Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus (V)
  Royal penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli (V)
  Southern rockhopper penguin, Eudyptula chrysocome (V)
  Moseley's rockhopper penguin, Eudyptula moseleyi (V)
  Snares penguin, Eudyptes robustus (V)
caption: A wild little penguin returning to its burrow to feed its chicks on Bruny Island
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