| Title | First breeding record of the light- mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) for the maritime Antarctic |
| Author | Lisovski, S.; Pavel, V.; Weidinger, K.; Peter, H. |
| Author Affil | Lisovski, S., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Ecology, Jena, Federal Republic of Germany. Other: Palacky University, Czech Republic |
| Source | Polar Biology, 32(12), p.1811-1813, . Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany. ISSN: 0722- 4060 |
| Publication Date | Dec. 2009 |
| Notes | In English. Based on Publisher- supplied data GeoRef Acc. No: 296919 |
| Index Terms | Antarctica--Fildes Peninsula; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; Aves; Chordata; colonial taxa; ecology; Fildes Peninsula; King George Island; Neornithes; Procellariiformes; reproduction; Scotia Sea Islands; South Shetland Islands; Tetrapoda; Vertebrata |
| Abstract | The light-mantled sooty albatross is a medium-sized albatross with a circumpolar distribution in the Southern Ocean. The known breeding sites are restricted to Islands in sub-Antarctic latitudes close to the Antarctic convergence between 46° and 53°S. In the austral summer season 2008/2009 we discovered a new breeding colony with at least two confirmed and three probable nests at Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (62°12'S, 59°01'W). The new breeding colony of light- mantled sooty albatross described here represents the southernmost breeding place of any albatross species ever recorded. |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00300-009-0705-3 |
| Publication Type | journal article |
| Record ID | 87448 |