First documentation of leopard seal predation of South Georgia pintail duck

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Edwards, Ewan, Forcada, Jaume, Crossin, Glenn T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer Verlag 2010
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctic Krill; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10485/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/75j482136uv5200t/fulltext.pdf

Leopard seals are regular winter visitors to Bird Island, South Georgia, where they mostly prey on fur seals and penguins, and to a lesser extent on Antarctic krill and fish. Leopard seals can exploit many different species, but there are no records of predation on flying shorebirds in the wild. On...