Moult of the giant petrels Macronectes halli and M. giganteus at South Georgia

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: Hunter, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1984
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Bird Island; Giganteus; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524017/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1984.tb07993.x

Moult scores were collected from colour‐ringed individuals of known reproductive status of the two species of giant petrel, Macronectes halli and M. giganteus, at Bird Island, South Georgia between 1978–81. Both species showed a substantial overlap between breeding and wing‐moult, unlike most other...