Fulmarine Petrels and South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormickii populations on Ardery Island, Windmill Islands, Antarctica.

The Ardery and Odbert Islands, Antarctica (66°22′S, 110°27′E) have been declared a Specially Protected Area (SPA) because of their breeding populations of species of fulmarine petrels. Published information on the bird life in this SPA was summarised by Bonner & Lewis-Smith (1985) and van Franek...

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Published in:Emu - Austral Ornithology
Main Authors: Barbraud, C, Baker, SC
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1998
Subjects:
Antarctic
Windmill Islands
Fulmar
Nivea
Ardery Island
Antarc*
Antarctic Petrel
Antarctica
Cape Petrel
Catharacta maccormicki
Daption capense
Snow Petrel
South Polar Skuas
Thalassoica antarctica
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11609/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11609/1/Barbraud_%26_Baker_98_Ardery_bird_counts.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1071/MU98032
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Summary:The Ardery and Odbert Islands, Antarctica (66°22′S, 110°27′E) have been declared a Specially Protected Area (SPA) because of their breeding populations of species of fulmarine petrels. Published information on the bird life in this SPA was summarised by Bonner & Lewis-Smith (1985) and van Franeker et al. (1990). During the summer 1995/96, a survey of the distribution and numbers of fulmarine petrels and South Polar Skuas Catharacta maccormicki on Ardery Island was undertaken for comparison with previous surveys. Population counts on the island were made from 20–31 December 1995, during early incubation for most species. We counted the number of ‘apparently occupied nest sites’ (van Franeker et al. 1990) of Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides, Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica, and Cape Petrel Daption capense breeding in the open. In a couple of locations populations were estimated. For Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea, the breeding population was considered to equal number of pairs sitting on rocks at dusk, a period when they often sit at nest entrances (Marchant & Higgins 1990).

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