Skua sitting on nest with chick in background

The breeding season of the south polar skua coincides with that of their penguin prey. Adult skau will kill penguin chicks to feed their own young, they will also take full grown penguins, which are scavenged as carrion from the nearby colonies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wharton, Yvette
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 2004
Subjects:
Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
Cape Bird
Ross Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
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spelling ftuniaucklitss:oai:dtlappprd01.its.auckland.ac.nz:38487 2023-05-15T13:58:16+02:00 Skua sitting on nest with chick in background Wharton, Yvette Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica 2004/5 Image http://dtlappprd01.its.auckland.ac.nz:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=38487&custom_att_2=simple_viewer http://digitool.auckland.ac.nz:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=38486 unknown School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland SBSAntarctica http://dtlappprd01.its.auckland.ac.nz:1801/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=38487&custom_att_2=simple_viewer http://digitool-prod.itss.auckland.ac.nz:8881/rights.html Bird Birds | Land and Seabirds Aves Charadriiformes Stercorariidae - Skuas Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua Image/tif 2004 ftuniaucklitss 2016-03-27T06:42:22Z The breeding season of the south polar skua coincides with that of their penguin prey. Adult skau will kill penguin chicks to feed their own young, they will also take full grown penguins, which are scavenged as carrion from the nearby colonies. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctica Ross Island DigiTool Collections - The University of Auckland Cape Bird ENVELOPE(-38.060,-38.060,-54.004,-54.004) Ross Island
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topic Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
spellingShingle Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
Wharton, Yvette
Skua sitting on nest with chick in background
topic_facet Bird
Birds | Land and Seabirds
Aves
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae - Skuas
Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua
description The breeding season of the south polar skua coincides with that of their penguin prey. Adult skau will kill penguin chicks to feed their own young, they will also take full grown penguins, which are scavenged as carrion from the nearby colonies.
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author Wharton, Yvette
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title Skua sitting on nest with chick in background
title_short Skua sitting on nest with chick in background
title_full Skua sitting on nest with chick in background
title_fullStr Skua sitting on nest with chick in background
title_full_unstemmed Skua sitting on nest with chick in background
title_sort skua sitting on nest with chick in background
publisher School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
publishDate 2004
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Ross Island
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Ross Island
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Antarctica
Ross Island
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Antarctica
Ross Island
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