Diet of cape petrel, Daption capense, during late incubation and chick rearing period, at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

The diet of Cape petrel was investigated on Mossman Hills, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands in January-February 1995. Twenty stomach contents were sampled by a water offloading method, during late incubation and chick-rearing period. The analysis of the samples showed that Euphausiids were by far the main prey. Antarctic krill Euphausia superba constituted the bulk of the diet, predominated in mass (97.2%) and in frequency (95% ). Our results reflect broad similitary with other studies conducted during the same period of the life cycle.