RECORD OF SHIP-ASSISTED DISPLACEMENT OF Chionis albus (GMELIN, 1789) (AVES: CHIONIDAE) FROM ANTARCTICA TO SOUTH AMERICA
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https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2018.2201.08Keywords:
Drake Passage, seabird, Snowy Sheathbill, vagrantAbstract
Seabirds can use merchant, research and/or fishery vessels as a refuge to avoid extreme environmental conditions at sea during their migration seasons. Here we report the visualization of six individuals of the Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus; Charadriiformes, Chionidae) landed on a ship for about twenty-three hours in the Drake Passage, during its displacement from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, to Tierra del Fuego, confirming ship-assisted displacement by this species during its migration route.
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2018-03-12
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