RECORD OF SHIP-ASSISTED DISPLACEMENT OF Chionis albus (GMELIN, 1789) (AVES: CHIONIDAE) FROM ANTARCTICA TO SOUTH AMERICA

Seabirds can use merchant, research and/or fishery vessels as a refuge to avoid extreme environmental conditions at sea during their migration seasons. Here we report the visualization of six individuals of the Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus; Charadriiformes, Chionidae) landed on a ship for about t...

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Published in:Oecologia Australis
Main Authors: Brum, Antônio Coimbra de, Benemann, Victória Renata Foutoura, Bezerra, Ana Lúcia, Corrêa, Luiz Liberato Costa, Petry, Maria Virginia
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservação 2018
Subjects:
Animal Ecology
Drake Passage
seabird
Snowy Sheathbill
vagrant
BIODIVERSIDADE
CIÊNCIAS AMBIENTAIS
Chionis
South Shetland Islands
Antarc*
Antarctica
Chionis albus
Tierra del Fuego
Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/article/view/11852
https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2018.2201.08
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Summary:Seabirds can use merchant, research and/or fishery vessels as a refuge to avoid extreme environmental conditions at sea during their migration seasons. Here we report the visualization of six individuals of the Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus; Charadriiformes, Chionidae) landed on a ship for about twenty-three hours in the Drake Passage, during its displacement from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, to Tierra del Fuego, confirming ship-assisted displacement by this species during its migration route. Seabirds can use merchant, research and/or fishery vessels as a refuge to avoid extreme environmental conditions at sea during their migration seasons. Here we report the visualization of six individuals of the Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus) landed on a ship for about thirteen hours in the Drake Passage, during its displacement from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, to Tierra del Fuego, confirming ship-assisted displacement by this species during its migration route.

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