Little blue penguins are carnivores (piscivores). Their diet mainly consists of small species of fish with a preference for anchovies and pilchards. They will also consume squid, plankton, krill as well as a small octopus. In addition, Little blue penguins eat inhabitants of the sea floor such as crustaceans, crab larvae, and sea horses.

Diet. Adult Little Blue Penguins usually forage every day about 25 km (15.5 mi) from shore in shallow waters where prey is close to the surface. They leave land at dawn under cover of darkness, spend the day at sea foraging in small groups, and return to land at dusk, again under cover of darkness.

2016年1月31日 · Feeding Ecology & Diet. Little blue penguins are most likely to feed on crustaceans, clupeoid fish, and cephalopods. The New Zealand population relies on slender sprat, red cod, ahuru, arrow squid, and Graham’s gudgeon. Blue penguin’s diet also consists of anchovy and barracouta. They dive no more than 2 meters deep and their dive lasts ...

Little penguins eat small fish such as anchovies, squid, plankton, krill, small octopus and pilchards. From the sea floor, little penguins may eat crab larvae, sea horses and crustaceans. Like most penguins, they swallow their food whole. Little penguins spend their days out at sea hunting for food in the shallow waters close to the shore.

2019年4月12日 · Diet composition. Little penguins have a generalist diet mostly taking small nearshore pelagic, schooling fish with lesser reliance on cephalopods and krill (Australian data reviewed by Dann 5, for New Zealand see Fraser & Lalas 69, Flemming et al. 70). Their diet varies regionally and seasonally presumably reflecting prey availability.

They are usually found feeding within 10 kilometres of their colony (Stahel & Gales, 1987). Journeys of more than 1000km from the birth area have been recorded. Little penguins in Victoria travel up to 700 km from the burrow and stay within 20 km of the coast. On day trips they remain within 15 km of the burrow and 9 km of the coast (Reilly, 1994).

The majority of their diet is made up of fish, crustaceans, and squids. The Little Blue Penguin can swim up to 6 miles per hour, but usually can't hold their breathe longer than 2 minutes underwater.

Little blue penguins come ashore at night when predators, such as snakes and seagulls, are less active. They nest in burrows, under trees, in rock crevices, or in caves. Little blue penguins live in a warmer climate than most other penguins. A group of penguins at sea is called a raft.

2012年9月12日 · Diet of the Little Blue Penguin Since they are very small, they tend to hunt tiny insects, fish, and squids. They are customarily deemed to be the inshore feeders.

2025年1月10日 · The Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest penguin species, measuring 30-33 cm and weighing 1-1.5 kg, characterized by its slate-blue dorsal feathers. It inhabits coastal areas of New Zealand and southern Australia, favoring sandy or rocky beaches. Their diet consists mainly of small fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans.