Diet of the south polar skua Catharacta maccormicki and the brown skua C. antarctica lonnbergi at Cierva Point, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Malzof, Silvina L., Quintana, Ruben Dario
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Skuas; Antarctica; Feeding patterns; Antarctid Peninsula; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Cierva; Cierva Point; Antarc*; Brown Skua; Catharacta maccormicki; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/243976

South polar skuas, SPS, (Catharacta maccormicki) and brown skuas, BS, (C. antarctica lonnbergi) are regarded as opportunistic predators. When breeding in sympatry, BS feed mainly on penguin eggs and chicks, while SPS forage almost exclusively at sea. The objective of this study was to determine the...