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...
Published in: | Oecologia Australis |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservação
2018
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Online Access: | https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/article/view/11852 https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2018.2201.08 |
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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