A white-capped Albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi , at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic

• Main Authors: Phalan, Ben, Phillips, Richard, Double, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: new record; range expansion; seabird; Antarctica; Arctic and Antarctic; Bird Island [South Georgia]; South Georgia; World; Aves; Ciconiiformes; Diomedea melanophris; Thalassarche cauta cauta; Antarctic; Arctic; Austral; Bird Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86258

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...