Feeding and Nesting Ecology of Sympatric South Polar and Brown Skuas

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Author: Pietz, Pamela J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 1987
• Subjects: Austral; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Catharacta maccormicki; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/104.4.617; http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/104/4/617/30081664/auk0617.pdf

Abstract In the 1979-1980 and 1980-1981 austral summers, I examined nesting and feeding ecology of South Polar (Catharacta maccormicki) and Brown (C. lonnbergi) skuas near Palmer Station, Antarctica. As earlier studies had suggested, South Polar Skuas fed mostly at sea on fish, and Brown Skuas fed m...