An observation of a gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua feeding an Adélie penguin P. adeliae chick
Résumé
Interspecific feeding refers to behavior where an adult of one species feeds the young of another species, with the exclusion of brood parasitism. In birds, most of observed cases concern passerines and this behavior has so far never been described among seabirds. We report on interspecific feeding provided by an adult gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua to an Adelie penguin P. adeliae chick on the Antarctic Peninsula.