A BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS THALASSARCHE MELANOPHRISCONSUMES A TERN STERNA SP.

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) Science Article 1

abstract

Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) feed mostly on cephalopods and fish, caught by surface-seizing or shallow diving (del Hoyo et al. 1992). Other prey items, such as seabirds, are taken only occasionally. In a review of the food of albatrosses, Cherel & Klages (1998) listed at least 12 seabird species of two orders (Sphenisciformes and Procellariiformes) found in the stomach contents of seven albatross species.

FERNANDA I. COLABUONO, CARMEM E. FEDRIZZI and CAIO J. CARLOS, Marine Ornithology 34: 167-168 (2006)

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