Birds at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica: Breeding species and their distribution

• Main Authors: Coria, Néstor Rubén, Montalti, Diego, Rombola, Emilce Florencia, Santos, Maria Mercedes, Garcia Betoño, Maria Ines, Juares, Mariana Alejandra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pacific Seabird Group
• Subjects: SEABIRDS; ADELIE PENGUIN; CHINSTRAP PENGUIN; BREEDING COLONIES; LAURIE ISLAND; ANTARCTICA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Argentina; South Orkney Islands; Laurie; Coria; Laurie Island; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Chinstrap penguin; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/102459

Bird communities of the ice-free areas of Laurie Island were surveyed during the breeding seasons of 1993/94 and 1994/95. Additional censuses of penguin colonies were made during the 2004/05 season. Twenty-nine seabird species were recorded, of which 15 were breeding. Adélie Penguins Pygoscelis adel...