NOTES ON THE RINGING AND THE BREEDING DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIANT PETREL MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS

Summary Of approximately 800 Giant Petrel chicks banded at F.I.D.S. bases in 1956, fourteen were recovered later in the year from Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The results compare with similar records from A.N.A.R.E. sources and suggest that the young birds disperse northward and e...

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Published in:Ibis
Main Author: Stonehouse, Bernard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1958
Subjects:
Antarctic
Giganteus
New Zealand
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1958.tb08791.x
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Summary:Summary Of approximately 800 Giant Petrel chicks banded at F.I.D.S. bases in 1956, fourteen were recovered later in the year from Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The results compare with similar records from A.N.A.R.E. sources and suggest that the young birds disperse northward and eastward on leaving the nest. The recorded limits of the breeding range are reviewed and the existence of a colony below the Antarctic Circle is reported.

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