Giant Petrels hunting their favourite food: emperor penguin chicks
A small tribute dedicated to one of the most beautiful and spectacular birds in the entire world: the Giant Petrel. In this video, you can see them attacking...
A fearful scourge to the penguin colonies: Southern giant petrel
2024年4月24日 · Five southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) feed on a dead juvenile Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in the waters off of Punta Tombo, Argentina, site of a large penguin colony. Note how the two birds actively eating the penguin have their wings outstretched, and the bird on the right further has raised and fanned its tail.
Giant petrel - Wikipedia
Giant petrels are extremely aggressive and will kill other seabirds (usually penguin chicks, sick or injured adult penguins and the chicks of other seabirds), even those as large as an albatross, which they kill either by battering them to death or drowning. [19] At …
Giant Petrel eating a penguin - Stock Image - C011/3093
Giant Petrel eating a penguin. Giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) feeding on a dead gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). Photographed on Bird Island, South Georgia, Antarctic.
Northern giant petrel - Wikipedia
The northern giant petrel feeds mainly on carrion (dead penguins and pinnipeds), as well as fish, krill, squid, and other cephalopods. They will follow fishing boats and cruise ships, eating any discarded fish and waste from the ships. During the breeding season, males eat more carrion than females, with the females feeding on pelagic sources.
Southern giant petrel - Wikipedia
The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar northern giant petrel , though it overall is centered slightly further south.
The Fascinating Giant Petrel! - Animal Media Foundation
Giant petrels are interesting creatures; they are the only birds known to actively hunt and eat penguins. These massive birds can weigh up to 18 pounds and have a wingspan of nearly 10 feet. Their diet consists mostly of carrion but they will also eat small mammals reptiles and fish.
Species Spotlight: The Giant Petrel - World Birds
2023年10月16日 · Penguin predators: Perhaps the biggest reason that Giant Petrels tend to have a bad reputation is the fact that they often eat penguins. Although scavenging and hunting invertebrates accounts for most of their diet, a hungry petrel will happily devour a young penguin, or even an adult penguin if it manages to catch one .
A fearful scourge to the penguin colonies: Southern giant petrel
2024年4月24日 · We suggest that living penguins—both fledglings and adults—may constitute a more seasonally significant proportion of the giant petrel diet than previously assumed, and their capture may represent a specialized predation technique.
The Role of Giant Petrels in the Southern Ocean Ecosystem
Giant petrels are the dominant scavenging seabird species in the Sub-Antarctic and maritime Antarctic ecosystems. They consume large amounts of penguin carrion, but also include significant numbers of seals, Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, and small petrels in their diets.