Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas

• Published in: Journal of Ornithology
• Main Authors: Santos, Maria Mercedes, Juares, Mariana Alejandra, Rombola, Emilce Florencia, Garcia, Mirta Lidia, Coria, Néstor Rubén, Doncaster, C. Patrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; DIETARY ANALYSIS; PELLET ANALYSIS; REGURGITATE ANALYSIS; SYMPATRIC; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Argentina; Cierva; Potter Peninsula; Cierva Point; Lidia; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; South Polar Skuas; Stercorarius antarcticus; Stercorarius maccormicki
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/196779

We report the first study to compare the contents of pellets and regurgitates of South Polar Skuas, Stercorarius maccormicki, at two breeding colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula. Samples were taken across years from identified breeding pairs at Potter Peninsula in sympatry with 30-40 breeding pairs...