Prey species and nutritive value of food fed during summer to King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonica chicks at Possession Island, Crozet Archipelago

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Cherel, Yves, Ridoux, Vincent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1992
• Subjects: Possession Island; Aptenodytes patagonica; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37000/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37000/1/2277.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1992.tb08388.x

The diet of King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonica at Possession Island was studied in February 1989 by analysis of 20 stomach contents collected from adult birds, just before they fed their single chicks. The mean mass of the samples was 1.84 kg, equivalent to 15% of the unladen adult body-mass. Fish...