AERIAL PREDATION BY A SOUTH POLAR SKUACATHARACTAMACCORMICKION A SNOW PETRELGODROMA NIVEAIN ANTARCTICADepartment of GeographyUniversity of DurhamSouth RoadDurham DH13LEUKmjbentleydurhamacukR ID: 430439
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Marine Ornithology 32:115-116 (2004)This short note reports a case of direct aerial predation by a SouthCatharacta maccormickion a Snow Petrel godromaon Alexander Island,Antarctic Peninsula. South Polar Skuasand Snow Petrels are regularly seen along the east coast ofAlexander Island during the austral summer,although in lownumbers. Visits by skuas are particularly common around theBritish research outpost at Fossil Bluff (71¡20S,68¡17 AERIAL PREDATION BY A SOUTH POLAR SKUACATHARACTAMACCORMICKION A SNOW PETRELGODROMA NIVEAIN ANTARCTICADepartment of Geography,University of Durham,South Road,Durham DH13LE,UK(m.j.bentley@durham.ac.uk)Received 25March 2003,accepted 22May 2004 116Bentley:Aerial predation by a South Polar SkuaMarine Ornithology 32:115-116 (2004)ARBRAUD,C. 1999. Subspecies-selective predation of SnowOikos86:275Ð282.CROXALL,J.P.,STEELE,W.K.,MCINNES,S.J.,& PRINCE,.A. 1995. Breeding distribution of the Snow Petrel godromanivea.Marine Ornithology23:69Ð99.HIGGINS P.J. & DAVIES,S.J.J.F. 1996. Handbook of Australian,New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Vol.3. Snipe to pigeons.Melbourne:Oxford University Press.NORMAN,F.I. & WARD,S.J. 1999. Aspects of the ecology ofCatharacta maccormickiat Hop Island,Rauer Group,East Antarctica. 99:176Ð190.SINCLAIR,J.C. 1980. Subantarctic Skua Catharacta antarcticapredation techniques on land and at sea. Cormorant8:3Ð6.AN FRANEKER,J.A.,CREUWELS,J.C.S.,VAN DER VEER,CLELAND,S. & ROBERTSON,G. 2001. Unexpectedeffects of climate change on the predation of Antarctic Petrels.Antarctic Science13:430Ð439.TSON,G.E. 1975. Birds of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic.ashington,D.C.:American Geophysical Union.OUNG,E.C. 1994. Skua and penguin,predator and prey.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.