The south polar skua eats fish, krill, squid, carrion, crustaceans, mollusks, and the eggs and chicks of seabirds. It may also follow ships at sea and eat garbage that is thrown overboard. The south polar skua is also a kleptoparasite. That means it steals food from other birds.

Do skuas eat penguins?

Outside the breeding season, skuas take fish, offal, and carrion. ... In the southern oceans and Antarctica region, some skua species (especially the south polar skua) will readily scavenge carcasses at breeding colonies of both penguins and pinnipeds. Skuas will also kill live penguin chicks.

Do skuas eat baby penguins?

The South Polar Skua is famous for only two things: stealing penguin eggs and eating penguin chicks.