Food and feeding ecology of the sympatric thin-billed Pachyptila belcheri and Antarctic P. desolata prions at Iles Kerguelen, Southern Indian Ocean

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Cherel, Y., Bocher, P., De Broyer, C., Hobson, K.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Aves [Birds]; Euphausia superba [Antarctic krill]; Pachyptila; Themisto gaudichaudii; Antarctic; Indian; Kerguelen; The Beak; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Copepods
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/299361.pdf

The food and feeding ecology of the 2 closely related species of prions Pachyptila belcheri and P. desolata was investigated over 3 consecutive chick-rearing periods at Iles Kerguelen, the only place where they nest sympatrically in large numbers. In all years, the 2 prion species fed on crustaceans...