The trophic level that penguins fall under is called secondary consumers.
Trophic level is the particular position occupied by a group of organisms in a food chain.
The trophic levels that are found in a linear feeding relationship between organisms are as follows:
The consumers are organisms (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
However, a consumer can either be primary, secondary or tertiary. It is primary when it feeds directly on plants or producers.
However, it is secondary or tertiary if it feeds on other consumers. Penguins are birds that feed on organisms like fishes.
Therefore, the trophic level that penguins fall under is called secondary consumers.
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