Foods of the South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormickii at Ardery Island, Windmill Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Baker, SC, Barbraud, C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Windmill Islands; Fulmar; Ardery Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Catharacta maccormicki; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis adeliae; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11607/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11607/1/Baker_%26_Barbraud_2001_skua_foods.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000163

South Polar skuas (Catharacta maccormicki) breed on Ardery Island in the absence of a local breeding population of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae). Assessment was made of the food remains in skua feeding territories in 1995/1996. The diet of South Polar skuas largely consisted of fulmarine petr...