Little blue penguins, Eudyptula minor, feed on small fishes, including Australian anchovies, crustaceans and squid diving to average depths of 10-20 m for an average of 24 seconds, although dives as deep as 60 m have been recorded.
Little penguin, fairy penguin, little blue penguin
Eudyptula minor
These Australasian penguins are the smallest of the family.
Statistics
Height: 40cm (15in), Weight: 0.9kg (2lb).
Blue Penguin Eudyptula minor
White-flippered Penguin Eudyptula albosignata
Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptula chrysocome ...
Blue penguins have no teeth. In order to eat their food without chewing they swallow it whole with a few quick jerks of their head. The further they can open their jaw the greater the size of the fish they can take (Stahel & Gales, 1987).
Little Blue Penguin, Eudyptula minor
Northern Little Penguin, Eudyptula albosignata (provisional)
Spheniscus - Banded penguins ...
The smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin (also known as the Fairy Penguin), which stands around 40 cm tall (16 in) and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb).
Smallest of all is the little blue Penguin of New Zealand and Australia. Penguins are highly gregarious, and a population density of half a million birds in 500 acres, has been counted at a colony unison in Antarctica .
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the Little Blue Penguin (also known as the Fairy Penguin), which stands around 40 cm tall (16 in) and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb).
little penguin is the smallest species of penguin in the world, with the average adult little penguin rarely reaching half a meter in height. The little penguin has a number of other common names including the fairy penguin, the little blue penguin ...
The smaller jackass penguins, Spheniscus demersus, are named for their braying cry, and crested penguins are distinguished by yellow plumes on either side of the head. Smallest of all is the little blue penguin, Eudyptula minor, ...
 See also: Penguin, Fantail, Squid, Quail, Leopard
  
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