ASPECTS OF McCORMICK SKUA BREEDING BIOLOGY

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: Spellerberg, Ian F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1971
• Subjects: Cape Royds; McCormick; Royds; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1971.tb05166.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1971.tb05166.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1971.tb05166.x

SUMMARY The breeding behaviour of the McCormick Skua was studied at Cape Royds, Antarctica, for three summers. These observations followed the work of Young (1963a, b). Records of banded birds suggest that at the age of five to six years birds return to breed in the area where they were reared. Bree...