First breeding record of the Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli at Ile Amsterdam

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Demay, Jérémie, Delord, Karine, Thiebot, J. B., Barbraud, Christophe
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, TAAF, National Insitute of Polar Research, National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo (NiPR)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Indian; Tristan; Giganteus; Saint-Paul; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctic Science; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00958419; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102014000182

International audience The genus Macronectes comprises two species of giant petrels, restricted to the southern oceans. These large scavenging and predatory seabirds heavily rely on rookeries of pinnipeds and penguins for food. However, greater availability of carrion from expanding populations of f...