THIS PAPER CAN NOT BE CITED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHORS SC/57/SH10 Further information on the migratory destination of humpback whales of the Magellan Strait feeding ground
The Eastern South Pacific humpback whale population winter primarily off Colombia and Ecuador, and migrate south to the Antarctic Area I feeding ground during the austral summer. In recent years humpback whales have been recorded feeding in the Patagonian channels of South America during the summer...
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| Summary: | The Eastern South Pacific humpback whale population winter primarily off Colombia and Ecuador, and migrate south to the Antarctic Area I feeding ground during the austral summer. In recent years humpback whales have been recorded feeding in the Patagonian channels of South America during the summer and fall seasons. Previously, a first migratory link was established between the Magellan Strait feeding area and the primarily wintering grounds off Ecuador and Colombia, but also with new wintering grounds of Panama and Costa Rica. Here we present further evidence of a migratory relationship between the Magellan Strait and Panama, as well as we inform on four new matches between Magellan Strait and Ecuador. In the latter locality the animals have been sighted once on a single occasion, suggesting that they possibly are travelling towards northern waters. We report a re-sighting between the Magellan Strait and Panama which remarkably corresponded to the same matched individual previously reported by us for the same area. This whale has been recorded in the austral summers of 2003, 2004 |
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