Skua nesting with chick in background

Skua chicks must be protected from other predatory skuas and brooded regularly for the first couple of weeks after hatching.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Euan
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: University of Auckland. School of Biological Sciences 1993
Subjects:
Bird
Birds | Land & seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
Cape Crozier
Crozier
Ross Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
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Description
Summary:Skua chicks must be protected from other predatory skuas and brooded regularly for the first couple of weeks after hatching.

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