Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2024

Seiten: 771-777

Zeitschrift: Polar Biology

Bandnummer: 47

Heftnummer: 8

ISSN: 0722-4060

eISSN: 1432-2056

Open Access Status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03269-2

Verlag: Springer

Abstract: 
Albatrosses are renowned for their high philopatry, which has been proposed as a major barrier to their dispersal and hybridization with other albatross species. Except for shy-type albatross species from New Zealand, examples of colonization of new breeding sites and interbreeding with closely related species are rare. During the austral summer of 2022, while conducting land-based monitoring of resident Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophris) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) albatross populations on the Diego Ram & iacute;rez Islands, Chile (56 S), we documented the first (and southernmost) breeding record of a nesting pair of White-capped Albatross (T. steadi), a species endemic to the Auckland Islands, New Zealand (similar to 7000 km away). The species identity was confirmed through molecular analysis. This discovery underscores the importance of Diego Ram & iacute;rez and its surrounding waters as a hotspot for global albatross conservation.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Suazo, C., Anguita, C., Letelier, C., Martinez, A. and Quillfeldt, P. (2024) The white-capped albatross: a new breeding record for the Diego Ramirez Islands, Chile, Polar Biology, 47(8), pp. 771-777. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03269-2

APA-Zitierstil: Suazo, C., Anguita, C., Letelier, C., Martinez, A., & Quillfeldt, P. (2024). The white-capped albatross: a new breeding record for the Diego Ramirez Islands, Chile. Polar Biology. 47(8), 771-777. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03269-2