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The world’s smallest penguin species, close to the city.

St Kilda Penguin Viewing Experience · St Kilda

Little penguin perched on a rock at St Kilda Breakwater

Photo: Mikeybear / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Display cropped.

About this place

The viewing operator explains that little penguins are the smallest penguin species. St Kilda offers managed viewing of an urban colony.

The record

Comparison: Penguin species by body size, not individual birds or colony size.

This is a species fact at a viewing location. Check the official booking and access arrangements; sightings vary.

Visiting

Check the linked visitor information for current access, opening and any booking requirements.

Access arrangements should be checked with the operator before travelling. Occasion tags are editorial suggestions. They do not certify accessibility or opening hours.

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Sources

Sources checked 23 September 2026. A publisher’s claim is attributed; it is not a complete independent survey.