A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands
Albatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, wi...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/21fe70aa-c413-408f-88bf-c7a2e9b7bce1 2024-04-28T08:16:47+00:00 A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands Bond, Alexander L. Taylor, Christopher Kinchin-Smith, David Fox, Derren Witcutt, Emma Ryan, Peter G. Loader, Simon P. Weimerskirch, Henri 2021-01 https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/21fe70aa-c413-408f-88bf-c7a2e9b7bce1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097738248&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85097738248&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/21fe70aa-c413-408f-88bf-c7a2e9b7bce1 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Bond , A L , Taylor , C , Kinchin-Smith , D , Fox , D , Witcutt , E , Ryan , P G , Loader , S P & Weimerskirch , H 2021 , ' A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands ' , Polar Biology , vol. 44 , no. 1 , pp. 229-233 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 Crozet islands Dispersal Gough island Prospecting article 2021 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 2024-04-11T00:05:55Z Albatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, with a small population on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, ca 380 km away. In 2015, we observed an adult male albatross in Gonydale, Gough Island, which had been ringed on Ile de la Possession, Crozet Islands in 2009 when it was assumed to be an immature Wandering Albatross (D. exulans). We sequenced 1109 bp of the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene from this bird, and confirmed it to be a Tristan Albatross, meaning its presence on Crozet 6 years previous, and nearly 5000 km away, was a case of prospecting behaviour in a heterospecific colony. Given the challenges in identifying immature Diomedea albatrosses, such dispersal events may be more common than thought previously. Article in Journal/Newspaper Crozet Islands Inaccessible Island Polar Biology South Atlantic Ocean Wandering Albatross University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Polar Biology 44 1 229 233 |
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Albatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, with a small population on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, ca 380 km away. In 2015, we observed an adult male albatross in Gonydale, Gough Island, which had been ringed on Ile de la Possession, Crozet Islands in 2009 when it was assumed to be an immature Wandering Albatross (D. exulans). We sequenced 1109 bp of the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene from this bird, and confirmed it to be a Tristan Albatross, meaning its presence on Crozet 6 years previous, and nearly 5000 km away, was a case of prospecting behaviour in a heterospecific colony. Given the challenges in identifying immature Diomedea albatrosses, such dispersal events may be more common than thought previously. |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands |
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juvenile tristan albatross (diomedea dabbenena) on land at the crozet islands |
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Bond , A L , Taylor , C , Kinchin-Smith , D , Fox , D , Witcutt , E , Ryan , P G , Loader , S P & Weimerskirch , H 2021 , ' A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands ' , Polar Biology , vol. 44 , no. 1 , pp. 229-233 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0 |
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