An observation of a gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua feeding an Adélie penguin P. adeliae chick

International audience Interspecific feeding refers to behavior where an adult of one species feeds the young of another species, with the exclusion of brood parasitism. In birds, most of observed cases concern passerines and this behavior has so far never been described among seabirds. We report on...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Genevois, Fabrice, Barbraud, Christophe
Other Authors: Les Ouguieres, F-15240 Le Monteil, France, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2021
Subjects:
Interspecific feeding
Penguin
Antarctic
[SDE]Environmental Sciences
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic
Adelie penguin
Antarc*
Gentoo penguin
Polar Biology
Pygoscelis papua
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03158895
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02779-z
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Summary:International audience Interspecific feeding refers to behavior where an adult of one species feeds the young of another species, with the exclusion of brood parasitism. In birds, most of observed cases concern passerines and this behavior has so far never been described among seabirds. We report on interspecific feeding provided by an adult gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua to an Adelie penguin P. adeliae chick on the Antarctic Peninsula.

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