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Flying birds

Each spring, over 100 million birds breed around the rocky Antarctic coastline and offshore islands. These include albatrosses, petrels, skuas, gulls and terns.

light mantled sooty albatross
Light-mantled sooty albatross
Photo: Greg H
Snow Petrel Taking Off
Snow petrel
Photo: Jim Bumak
Skua stealing an egg from Adelie penguin nest on Shirley Island near Casey Station
Skua
Photo: Graham D

Kelp gull
Kelp gull
Photo: Kerry Steinberner
Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata) perched on rocks
Antarctic Tern
Photo: Lynn Thompson