The impact of avian predator‐scavengers on King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus chicks at Marion Island

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: HUNTER, STEPHEN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Antarctic; Chionis; Giganteus; Antarc*; Antarctic Skuas; Giant Petrels; King Penguins; Macronectes giganteus; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1991.tb04581.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1991.tb04581.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1991.tb04581.x

While ashore King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus are fed upon by a guild of five predator‐scavenger seabirds. During the winter (April‐October) male Southern Giant Petrels Macronectes giganteus killed an estimated 6430 (11.2%) of Marion Island's King Penguin chicks, although most birds only s...