Title

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) feeding on the carcass of an Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

Caption

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) feeding on the carcass of an Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Whalers Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Date

Jan 13, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Matthias Graben

Reference

BRK19G08_250

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,8Mb (1,8Mb) / 20,2in x 13,4in / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 animal Antarctic Skua Aves Bird Birds Brown Skua Brown Skuas Catharacta antarctica Charadriiformes Deception Island Gull Laridae No People Seagull Seagulls Single Animal Skua Skuas South Shetland Islands Southern Great Skua Southern Skua Stercorariidae Subantarctic Skua Whalers Bay adult adult animal adult animals adult bird adult birds adults animal animals animals in the wild aquatic bird bird photography cadaver carcass carcasses dead animal exterior view exterior views fauna full body full body length full body lengths full length habitat ingestion natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody one animal out water bird water birds waterfowl wild animal wild animals wildlife Antarctic Peninsula animal feed animal feeds feed feeding feeds foraging search for food searching for food shorebird wader wading bird wading birds Antarctica