Lumbering the gauntlet: Cape Gannet fledglings killed by African Penguins

• Published in: Ostrich
• Main Authors: McInnes. Alistair M., Suarez, Nicolas Marcelo, Rishworth, Gavin M., Green, David B., Pistorius, Pierre A., Pichegru, Lorien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Interspecific Aggression; Nest Defense Behaviour; Seabirds; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Bird Island; Suarez
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/19191

This account presents the first known observations of Cape Gannet Morus capensis fledgling mortalities as a result of aggressive nest defence behaviour by African Penguins Spheniscus demersus. Observations were conducted in 2013 on Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa – the world's largest bree...