Papers and Proceedings o/the Royal Society o/Tasmania, Volume 142(1),2008 117 THE AVIFAUNA OF BISHOP AND CLERK ISLETS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO NEARBY MACQUARIE ISLAND

• Main Authors: Nigel Brothers, Rod Ledingham, One Table
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Burrows; The Islets; Antarc*; Bishop and Clerk Islets; Clerk Islets; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.691.6358; http://eprints.utas.edu.au/13318/1/2008_Brothers_avifauna.pdf

A first comprehensive survey of seabirds at Bishop and Clerk islets conducted on 23 December 1993 recorded a total of 12 species. Dur-ing a three-hour-Iong visit by helicopter, nine species were found breeding, mostly in nests on the ground, but also in burrows dug in shallow soil. These included the largest known colony of Black-browed Albatross, lhalassarche melanophris, in Australia. len bird species are now known to breed at the islets. Specics accounts arc given including data on morphometries, abundance, habitats, breeding, threats, interspecific competition for space and unpublished information. Key Words: sub-Antarctic, Bishop and Clerk islets, Macquarie Island, seabird abundance, island management.