Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan
International audience We report pelagic observations from around Rapa Island and MarotiriRocks, in the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, made during the first dedicatedat-sea survey of birds in the region, during October–December 2019. We recommendthat the regional occurrence of several seabird sp...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-03510384v1 2023-05-15T15:08:18+02:00 Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan Flood, Robert Zufelt, Kirk Bretagnolle, Vincent Shirihai, Hadoram FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town-DST-NRF Centre of Excellence 1001 Third Line East, Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, P6A 6J8, Canada Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern Switzerland 2021-12-10 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510384 https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a3 en eng HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a3 hal-03510384 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510384 doi:10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a3 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510384 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 2021, 141 (4), ⟨10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a3⟩ [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v141i4.2021.a3 2022-01-08T23:24:33Z International audience We report pelagic observations from around Rapa Island and MarotiriRocks, in the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, made during the first dedicatedat-sea survey of birds in the region, during October–December 2019. We recommendthat the regional occurrence of several seabird species be modified and that the listof avifauna for Rapa and Marotiri, the Austral Islands, and East Polynesia variouslybe amended to include Juan Fernández Petrel Pterodroma externa, Mottled PetrelP. inexpectata, Gould’s Petrel P. leucoptera, Stejneger’s Petrel P. longirostris, Buller’sShearwater Ardenna bulleri and Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus. Two Gould’sPetrels were behaving as if breeding, and the timing of egg laying by ChristmasShearwater Puffinus nativitatis is apparently somewhat earlier than the species’ otherpopulations. We found Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa foraging inlarge numbers around Marotiri suggesting a hitherto unrecognised and perhapssignificant breeding population; we also found large numbers around Rapa. TitanStorm Petrel foraged off Rapa in substantial numbers and c.5% appeared to be avariant, raising the possibility of two distinctive phenotypes. We include at-seaimages and a field description of ‘classic’ Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, andreport an unidentified small Puffinus seen at Marotiri. Our survey adds significantnew information to knowledge of seabirds in this region, and in combination withprevious work argues strongly for the conservation of Rapa, Marotiri and thesurrounding ocean’s pelagic birds. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Arctic Austral Rapa ENVELOPE(15.539,15.539,69.033,69.033) Titan ENVELOPE(33.629,33.629,67.560,67.560) Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 4 |
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[SDE]Environmental Sciences Flood, Robert Zufelt, Kirk Bretagnolle, Vincent Shirihai, Hadoram Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan |
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International audience We report pelagic observations from around Rapa Island and MarotiriRocks, in the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, made during the first dedicatedat-sea survey of birds in the region, during October–December 2019. We recommendthat the regional occurrence of several seabird species be modified and that the listof avifauna for Rapa and Marotiri, the Austral Islands, and East Polynesia variouslybe amended to include Juan Fernández Petrel Pterodroma externa, Mottled PetrelP. inexpectata, Gould’s Petrel P. leucoptera, Stejneger’s Petrel P. longirostris, Buller’sShearwater Ardenna bulleri and Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus. Two Gould’sPetrels were behaving as if breeding, and the timing of egg laying by ChristmasShearwater Puffinus nativitatis is apparently somewhat earlier than the species’ otherpopulations. We found Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa foraging inlarge numbers around Marotiri suggesting a hitherto unrecognised and perhapssignificant breeding population; we also found large numbers around Rapa. TitanStorm Petrel foraged off Rapa in substantial numbers and c.5% appeared to be avariant, raising the possibility of two distinctive phenotypes. We include at-seaimages and a field description of ‘classic’ Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, andreport an unidentified small Puffinus seen at Marotiri. Our survey adds significantnew information to knowledge of seabirds in this region, and in combination withprevious work argues strongly for the conservation of Rapa, Marotiri and thesurrounding ocean’s pelagic birds. |
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FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town-DST-NRF Centre of Excellence 1001 Third Line East, Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, P6A 6J8, Canada Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern Switzerland |
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Flood, Robert Zufelt, Kirk Bretagnolle, Vincent Shirihai, Hadoram |
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Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan |
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Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan |
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Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan |
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Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan |
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Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm Petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan |
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pelagic birds around rapa and marotiri, french polynesia, october–december 2019, with notes on rapa shearwater puffinus myrtae and titan storm petrel fregetta [grallaria] titan |
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Arctic Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus |
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