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    Sexing chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) by morphological measurments

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    Document Number:
    WG-CEMP-94/25
    Author(s):
    Jaun A. Amat, Javier Viñuela and Miguel Ferrer (Spain)
    Agenda Item(s)
    WG-CEMP-94 - - undefined
    Abstract

    We applied discriminant analysis to morphometric data from Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) to obtain a function that can be used to predict sex. The function correctly classified 95% of 55 individuals. Bill depth was the most important discriminating variable, with males having deeper bills.