Southern Giant Petrel
From SongbirdReMixWiki
(Difference between revisions)
'''Diet:''' Seal and penguin carcasses, offal, refuse from ships and discarded fish; they often feed close to trawlers and vessels fishing with longlines. They also prey upon penguins and other birds, krill and amphipod crustaceans, fish and squid. During chick rearing, they depend heavily on penguins and seal colonies, as a food resource. | '''Diet:''' Seal and penguin carcasses, offal, refuse from ships and discarded fish; they often feed close to trawlers and vessels fishing with longlines. They also prey upon penguins and other birds, krill and amphipod crustaceans, fish and squid. During chick rearing, they depend heavily on penguins and seal colonies, as a food resource. | ||
| - | '''Nesting:''' | + | '''Nesting:''' Breeding colonies are found on bare or grassy ground, often close to penguin colonies. |
'''Cool Facts:''' Petrels are able to regurgitate foul-smelling oil which they spit at intruders; this habit earned the southern giant petrel the alternative name of ‘stinker'. | '''Cool Facts:''' Petrels are able to regurgitate foul-smelling oil which they spit at intruders; this habit earned the southern giant petrel the alternative name of ‘stinker'. | ||
