INTERSPECIFIC FOSTERING OF A WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER ARDENNA PACIFICA BY WHITE-NECKED PETRELS PTERODROMA CERVICALIS ON PHILLIP ISLAND, NORFOLK ISLAND GROUP.

Authors :: O'DWYER, TERENCE W.
PORTELLI, DEAN
CARLILE, NICHOLAS
Source :: Marine Ornithology. Apr2018, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p43-45. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: We report the cross-fostering of a Wedge-tailed Shearwater chick by White-necked Petrels during the 2016/17 breeding season in the Norfolk Islands. Our finding highlights the possibility that cross-fostering of these procellariids can be used in conservation applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *SHEARWATERS
*BIRD breeding
*BIRD care
*EGG incubation
*BIRD morphology

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