The White-flippered Penguin (Eudyptula albosignata albosignata) is a small penguin about 30 cm tall and weighing 1.5 kg. It gains its name from the white markings on its flippers, unique to the subspecies. It nests only on Banks Peninsula and Motunau Island, near Canterbury, New Zealand, and is considered to be endangered with only around 3,750 breeding pairs.