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

• 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

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.