A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands
Abstract Albatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross ( Diomedea dabbenena ) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlanti...
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crspringernat:10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 2023-05-15T15:59:31+02:00 A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands Bond, Alexander L. Taylor, Christopher Kinchin-Smith, David Fox, Derren Witcutt, Emma Ryan, Peter G. Loader, Simon P. Weimerskirch, Henri Royal Society for the Protection of Birds FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Polar Biology volume 44, issue 1, page 229-233 ISSN 0722-4060 1432-2056 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences journal-article 2020 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 2022-01-04T15:30:56Z Abstract Albatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross ( Diomedea dabbenena ) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, with a small population on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, ca 380 km away. In 2015, we observed an adult male albatross in Gonydale, Gough Island, which had been ringed on Ile de la Possession, Crozet Islands in 2009 when it was assumed to be an immature Wandering Albatross ( D. exulans ). We sequenced 1109 bp of the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene from this bird, and confirmed it to be a Tristan Albatross, meaning its presence on Crozet 6 years previous, and nearly 5000 km away, was a case of prospecting behaviour in a heterospecific colony. Given the challenges in identifying immature Diomedea albatrosses, such dispersal events may be more common than thought previously. Article in Journal/Newspaper Crozet Islands Inaccessible Island Polar Biology South Atlantic Ocean Wandering Albatross Springer Nature (via Crossref) Gough ENVELOPE(159.367,159.367,-81.633,-81.633) Inaccessible Island ENVELOPE(166.350,166.350,-77.650,-77.650) Tristan ENVELOPE(140.900,140.900,-66.735,-66.735) Polar Biology 44 1 229 233 |
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Abstract Albatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross ( Diomedea dabbenena ) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, with a small population on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, ca 380 km away. In 2015, we observed an adult male albatross in Gonydale, Gough Island, which had been ringed on Ile de la Possession, Crozet Islands in 2009 when it was assumed to be an immature Wandering Albatross ( D. exulans ). We sequenced 1109 bp of the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene from this bird, and confirmed it to be a Tristan Albatross, meaning its presence on Crozet 6 years previous, and nearly 5000 km away, was a case of prospecting behaviour in a heterospecific colony. Given the challenges in identifying immature Diomedea albatrosses, such dispersal events may be more common than thought previously. |
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor |
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Bond, Alexander L. Taylor, Christopher Kinchin-Smith, David Fox, Derren Witcutt, Emma Ryan, Peter G. Loader, Simon P. Weimerskirch, Henri |
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Bond, Alexander L. Taylor, Christopher Kinchin-Smith, David Fox, Derren Witcutt, Emma Ryan, Peter G. Loader, Simon P. Weimerskirch, Henri |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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juvenile tristan albatross (diomedea dabbenena) on land at the crozet islands |
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Crozet Islands Inaccessible Island Polar Biology South Atlantic Ocean Wandering Albatross |
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