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Foods of the South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormickii at Ardery Island, Windmill Islands, Antarctica
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posted on 2023-05-26, 15:30 authored by Baker, SC, Barbraud, CSouth Polar skuas (Catharacta maccormicki) breed on Ardery Island in the absence of a local breeding population of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae). Assessment was made of the food remains in skua feeding territories in 1995/1996. The diet of South Polar skuas largely consisted of fulmarine petrel species which bred on Ardery Island. Southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) remains were the predominant prey items found, and skuas appeared to feed preferentially on this species.
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Polar BiologyVolume
24Article number
1Number
1Pagination
59-61ISSN
0722-4060 (Prit) 1432-2056 (Olie)Publication status
- Published
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