Antarctic petrel
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Antarctic petrel ( Thalassoica antarctica ) |
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The Antarctic petrel ( Thalassoica antarctica also Antarctic petrel, white-winged petrel or white-winged petrel) is a typical breeding bird in Antarctica .
The approximately deaf large animal from the family of the Petrels breed in colonies of a few hundred up to one million individuals on the coasts of the Antarctic continent. The nests lie on ledges or in crevices.
Crustaceans such as krill , but also fish, jellyfish and sea snails serve as food .
Web links
Commons : Antarctic Petrel ( Thalassoica antarctica ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Thalassoica antarctica in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2004. Retrieved on January 24 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings about Thalassoica antarctica in the Internet Bird Collection
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ The role of krill in the Antarctic food web Lighthouse Foundation
- ↑ synonym avibase.bsc-eoc.org
- ↑ Use of current findings from polar research for the Antarctic environmental protection tasks , 2016, p. 75, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- ↑ Current environmental situation and proposals for the management of the Fildes Peninsula Region Federal Environment Agency , 2013, p. 8