Bird survey to Matthew Island, 16-19 April 2008
A census of the birds of Matthew Island, south-east of the New Hebrides chain, was taken during a trip of frigateship Vendémiaire of the French Navy, from 16 to 19 April 2008. Fourteen bird species were observed on the islets, including 8 seabirds breeding or potentially breeding (black-winged petre...
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| Language: | French |
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HAL CCSD
2009
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| Online Access: | https://hal.ird.fr/ird-00666136 https://hal.ird.fr/ird-00666136v3/document https://hal.ird.fr/ird-00666136v3/file/BorsaBaudatfranceschi_RapportMatthewAvr2008%20v3.pdf |
| Summary: | A census of the birds of Matthew Island, south-east of the New Hebrides chain, was taken during a trip of frigateship Vendémiaire of the French Navy, from 16 to 19 April 2008. Fourteen bird species were observed on the islets, including 8 seabirds breeding or potentially breeding (black-winged petrel Pterodroma nigripennis, wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica, masked booby Sula dactylatra, brown booby S. leucogaster, red-tailed tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda, brown noddy Anous stolidus, grey noddy Anous albivitta and sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus), three other seabirds (roosting red-footed booby S. sula, lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel and Pacific frigatebird F. minor), three shorebirds (turnstone Arenaria interpres, Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva and tattler Tringa sp.) and the sacred kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus. No hen or cock (Gallus gallus) was sighted, unlike during previous visits to the island. Series of traps were set overnight for rats but no rodent was captured. Wedge-tailed shearwaters were abundant at sea and in the South-West lagoon of New Caledonia; flocks of migrating short-tailed shearwaters Ardenna tenuirostris were sighted in the Loyalty basin. Un recensement des oiseaux de l’île Matthew, au sud-est de la chaîne des Nouvelles-Hébrides, a été fait à l’occasion d’une mission de souveraineté de la frégate Vendémiaire de la Marine nationale, du 16 au 19 avril 2008. Quatorze espèces d’oiseaux furent observées sur l’île, dont huit oiseaux marins nicheurs ou potentiellement nicheurs (pétrel à ailes noires Pterodroma nigripennis, puffin fouquet Ardenna pacifica, fou masqué Sula dactylatra, fou brun S. leucogaster, phaéton à brins rouges Phaethon rubricauda, noddi brun Anous stolidus, noddi gris Anous albivitta et sterne fuligineuse Onychoprion fuscatus), trois oiseaux marins non nicheurs (fou à pieds rouges S. sula, frégate ariel Fregata ariel et frégate du Pacifique F. minor), trois limicoles (tournepierre à collier Arenaria interpres, pluvier fauve Pluvialis fulva et chevalier ... |
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