A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic
Although albatrosses typically show strong natal philopatry, a small proportion of birds emigrate to distant colonies, occasionally establishing new breeding sites and potentially initiating speciation events. Patterns of albatross distribution and speciation may be determined largely by the behavio...
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ftanucanberra:oai:digitalcollections.anu.edu.au:1885/86258 2023-05-15T13:56:14+02:00 A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic Phalan, Ben Phillips, Richard Double, Michael 2015-12-13T23:07:33Z http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86258 unknown Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 0158-4197 http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86258 Emu Keywords: new record range expansion seabird Antarctica Arctic and Antarctic Bird Island [South Georgia] South Georgia World Aves Ciconiiformes Diomedea melanophris Thalassarche cauta cauta Journal article 2015 ftanucanberra 2015-12-21T23:55:54Z Although albatrosses typically show strong natal philopatry, a small proportion of birds emigrate to distant colonies, occasionally establishing new breeding sites and potentially initiating speciation events. Patterns of albatross distribution and speciation may be determined largely by the behaviour of these few wayward individuals. In February 2003, a male White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi (identified from DNA), was observed in a colony of Black-browed Albatrosses, T. melanophrys, at Bird Island, South Georgia. It returned to the same colony the following austral spring. Although there have been previous records of shy-type albatrosses (T. [cauta] steadi or T. [cauta] cauta) in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, this is the first confirmed record of either taxon, and indicates the potential for colonisation, over 10000 km from its present breeding range. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Bird Island Australian National University: ANU Digital Collections Antarctic Arctic Austral Bird Island ENVELOPE(-38.060,-38.060,-54.004,-54.004) |
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Keywords: new record range expansion seabird Antarctica Arctic and Antarctic Bird Island [South Georgia] South Georgia World Aves Ciconiiformes Diomedea melanophris Thalassarche cauta cauta Phalan, Ben Phillips, Richard Double, Michael A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic |
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Keywords: new record range expansion seabird Antarctica Arctic and Antarctic Bird Island [South Georgia] South Georgia World Aves Ciconiiformes Diomedea melanophris Thalassarche cauta cauta |
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Although albatrosses typically show strong natal philopatry, a small proportion of birds emigrate to distant colonies, occasionally establishing new breeding sites and potentially initiating speciation events. Patterns of albatross distribution and speciation may be determined largely by the behaviour of these few wayward individuals. In February 2003, a male White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi (identified from DNA), was observed in a colony of Black-browed Albatrosses, T. melanophrys, at Bird Island, South Georgia. It returned to the same colony the following austral spring. Although there have been previous records of shy-type albatrosses (T. [cauta] steadi or T. [cauta] cauta) in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, this is the first confirmed record of either taxon, and indicates the potential for colonisation, over 10000 km from its present breeding range. |
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Phalan, Ben Phillips, Richard Double, Michael |
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Phalan, Ben Phillips, Richard Double, Michael |
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Phalan, Ben |
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A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic |
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A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic |
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A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic |
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A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic |
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A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic |
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white-capped albatross, thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at south georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western atlantic |
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Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union |
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2015 |
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ENVELOPE(-38.060,-38.060,-54.004,-54.004) |
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Antarctic Arctic Austral Bird Island |
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Antarctic Arctic Austral Bird Island |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Bird Island |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Bird Island |
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