Over-wintering strategies of the Lesser Sheathbill Chionis minor in an impoverished and insular environment

@article{Verheyden1991OverwinteringSO,
  title={Over-wintering strategies of the Lesser Sheathbill Chionis minor in an impoverished and insular environment},
  author={Christophe Verheyden and Pierre JouventinP. Jouventin},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={1991},
  volume={86},
  pages={132-139}
}
SummaryThe Lesser Sheathbill Chionis minor is an opportunistic predator and scavenger that breeds on sub-Antarctic islands during the summer season, when many other seabirds are present, especially penguins on which it is kleptoparasitic. It is a poor flyer and over-winters on its breeding grounds, where it faces a diminished food supply and low temperatures. Its foraging behaviour was suspected to be plastic enough to respond to such a variable environment, and we show how this species… 
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