Diet of South Polar Skua chicks in two areas of sympatry with Brown Skua

• Published in: Waterbirds
• Main Authors: Graña Grilli, Maricel, Libertelli, Marcela, Montalti, Diego
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Waterbird Society
• Subjects: Antarctica; Chick Diet; Stercorarius Antarcticus; Stercorarius Maccormicki; Stomach Contents; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Harmony Point; Half Moon Island; Nelson Island; Antarc*; antarcticus; Brown Skua; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; South Polar Skuas; Stercorarius antarcticus; Stercorarius maccormicki
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/81695

The food provided to South Polar Skuas (Stercorarius maccormicki) chicks was determined at two Antarctic sites where South Polar Skuas breed sympatrically with Brown Skuas (S. antarcticus). At Harmony Point on Nelson Island, 16 samples of regurgitated stomach contents were analyzed, all contained re...