Skuas are major predators, but severe weather conditions, especially heavy snow that blocks nest entrances, may cause adults to abandon their eggs or chicks to starve. Egg mortality is approximately 50% while chick mortality is typically 10-15%.
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The main predator of the snow petrel is the South Polar Skua. The South Polar Skua is a bird of prey. The Snow Petrel will hover above the skua so that the skua cannot attack. They both live on rocky cliffs in Antarctica.
one of the snow petrels predators are skuas.
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Snow petrels are distributed in the southern region of Antarctica.
Snow Petrels can live up to 20 years in the wild.
They move swiftly.
Snow petrels breed on Antarctica's beaches: they do not 'live' there. It's too cold and there is no food chain on the continent.
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petrels eat fish and fish musselsthey eat mainly copepods and krill, as well as small squid and fish.
The scientific name for snow petrel is Pagodroma nivea.
Snow petrels are all white birds with black beaks and eyes. They are size of a pigeon and are at risk so predators when bending on bare rock.
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