A white-capped albatross, Thalassarche [cauta] steadi, at South Georgia: first confirmed record in the south-western Atlantic

• Published in: Emu - Austral Ornithology
• Main Authors: Phalan, Ben, Phillips, Richard A., Double, Michael C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: CSIRO Publishing 2004
• Subjects: Zoology; Ecology and Environment; Austral; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12338/

Although albatrosses typically show strong natal philopatry, a small proportion of birds emigrate to distant colonies, occasionally establishing new breeding sites and potentially initiating speciation events. Patterns of albatross distribution and speciation may be determined largely by the behavio...