Evidences of Rock shags (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) and Imperial cormorants (Ph. atriceps) leaving their nest by night

• Main Authors: Sapoznikow, Alexandra, Quintana, Flavio Roberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: African Seabird Group
• Subjects: IMPERIAL CORMORANTS; NOCTURNAL FORAGING; CALETA MALASPINA; CHUBUT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Chubut; Phalacrocorax atriceps
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/101516

Imperial Cormorants Phalacrocorax atriceps and Rock Shags P. magellanicus are foot-propelled pursuit divers usually described as visual feeders (Johnsgard 1993). Previous studies describing Imperial Cormorant and Rock Shag feeding behaviour show that birds forage from dawn to dusk (Croxall et al. 19...