Feeding
The White-flippered Penguin feeds on small shoaling fish, such as pilchards and anchovies, or cephalopods, and less often on crustaceans. It catches its food by pursuit diving. Most feeding takes place within 25 km of the coast with daily round trips.the farthest trip out to sea for food was 75 km offshore.
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