Further observations on the cephalopod diet of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.) at Macquarie Island

I found 18 cephalopod species, identified from their lower beaks, in stomachs and nest materials of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) at Macquarie Island during the 1970s. Squid occurred in all samples, no fish remains were found. Species of cephalopod that dominated a previous study were als...

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Published in:Emu - Austral Ornithology
Main Author: van den Hoff, J
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: CSIRO Publishing 2001
Subjects:
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Science and Management
Wildlife and Habitat Management
Diomedea exulans
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1071/MU00017
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/22842
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Summary:I found 18 cephalopod species, identified from their lower beaks, in stomachs and nest materials of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) at Macquarie Island during the 1970s. Squid occurred in all samples, no fish remains were found. Species of cephalopod that dominated a previous study were also found in this study. I report four species of cephalopod not previously recorded in the diet of Wandering Albatrosses at Macquarie Island: Pholidoteuthis boschmai, Brachioteuthis picta and two Chiroteuthis species. Beaks from smaller squid species may have been ingested secondarily by adult albatross and passed on to their chicks.

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