Chick feeding in the diving petrels Pelecanoides georgicus and P. urinatrix exsul

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Roby, Daniel D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Bird Island; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102089000507; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102089000507

Chick feeding in common diving petrels ( Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul ) and South Georgia diving petrels ( P. georgicus ) was studied on Bird Island, South Georgia. Complete chick meals removed from the proventriculus of adults averaged 25.5 g (n = 32) for common diving petrels (17.6% of adult mass)...