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Adelie penguins in Antarctica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Antarctica.The avifauna of Antarctica include a total of 63 species, of which 1 is endemic.This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are a keystone species, forming an important part of the Antarctic food web.. At least 235 marine species are found in both Antarctica and the Arctic, ranging in size from whales and birds to small marine snails, sea cucumbers, and mud-dwelling worms.
The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, [citation needed] 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.
Four new emperor penguin colonies spotted in Antarctica by British Antarctic Survey scientists using satellite images to track bird poop from space. Emperor penguins are leaving poo stains that ...
The Antarctic petrel, as its name implies, lives and breeds in the Southern Ocean, and on the Antarctic islands. [15] They nest on snow-free cliffs and rock faces, on the coast or on offshore islands. [1] However, they have been found up to 250 km inland. [1] Another common roosting spot is icebergs. [16]
The bird also breeds at several sites along the mainland coast of Antarctica. [10] At sea, it mainly occurs along the outer edge of the pack ice in summer with water temperatures of −1.5 to 0.5 °C. [7] In winter, it regularly ranges north to around 40°S latitude. It occurs further north in the cool waters of the Humboldt Current, reaching Peru.
The skuas are strong, acrobatic fliers. They are generally aggressive in disposition. Potential predators approaching their nests will be quickly attacked by the parent birds, which usually target the heads of intruders – a practice known as 'divebombing'. [8] Great skua leaving the nest Skua nestling, with egg tooth still present on its beak
The first cases of bird flu have been detected in seabirds in the Antarctic, according to the British Antarctic Survey, raising fears the disease will spread rapidly through dense colonies of ...