Skua chick next to hatching sibling

Skua lay only two eggs that are laid two to three days apart, because they begin incubation immediately the eggs hatch asynchronously.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Euan
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 1993
Subjects:
Bird
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 lay only two eggs that are laid two to three days apart, because they begin incubation immediately the eggs hatch asynchronously.

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