Two skua chicks at nest site

On occassions both south polar skua chicks may survive to flegding. This may occur when there is little competitive disparity between siblings.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Euan
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 1993
Subjects:
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:On occassions both south polar skua chicks may survive to flegding. This may occur when there is little competitive disparity between siblings.

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