Skua pair feeding chicks

Sibling aggression can result in the weaker chick being deprived of food and starvation is a common cause of death.

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
Antarc*
Antarctica
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Description
Summary:Sibling aggression can result in the weaker chick being deprived of food and starvation is a common cause of death.

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