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Fairy penguins weigh only 2.2 pounds and are about 15.4 inches tall. They live in Australia and
New Zealand. They eat small fish and small crustaceans.
Little blue penguins, or fairy penguins, are the smallest of all penguins with blue-gray backs
and white fronts. Little blue penguins breed on the coast of southern Australia and Tasmania as
well as in New Zealand from early autumn through early winter. Little blue penguins dig out
burrows for nests. Two eggs are usually laid. Incubation takes 33 to 39 days with both parents
taking shifts of 1 to 3 days. The chicks are guarded by one parent while the other is out
collecting food for up to 30 days. The chicks leave the nest when
they are about 50 to 65 days old. They migrate back to the place they were born to breed. Their
predators are: Dominican gulls, brown skuas, fur seals, and sharks.
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