Calories Derived from Lipids in Adelie and Gentoo Penguin Diets at Palmer Station, 2022–2023

This dataset contains measurements of caloric energy (in kilojoules) derived from lipids in regurgitated diet samples collected from Adélie and gentoo penguins during the PAL2223 and PAL2324 field seasons near Palmer Station, along the western Antarctic Peninsula. Diet samples were homogenized through blending, and lipids were subsequently extracted for calorimetric analysis to quantify energy content. These data were used in support of the manuscript "Trophic transfer of lipid-derived energy through Adélie and Gentoo penguins near Palmer Station along the west Antarctic Peninsula", published in *Polar Biology* 48, 110 (2025), by Shavonna M. Bent et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-025-03430-5