First record of Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus in Terre Adélie (140°1'E–66°40'S)

Type Article
Date 2023-10
Language English
Author(s) Lewden Agnès1, Kiss Servane2, Barrachio Téo3, 4, Barbraud Christophe2
Affiliation(s) 1 : Université de Brest - UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Laboratoire des sciences de l’environnement marin - IUEM - Rue Dumont D'Urville - 29280 - Plouzané, France
2 : Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/La Rochelle Université, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France
3 : Département Ecologie Physiologie et Ethologie, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Physiologie et Ethologie, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
4 : Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E6, Canada
Source Marine Ornithology (1018-3337) (Pacific Seabird Group), 2023-10 , Vol. 51 , N. 2 , P. 253-256
DOI http://www.marineornithology.org/article?rn=1541
Keyword(s) Antarctica, extralimital occurrence, Long-tailed Skua, Stercorarius longicaudus
Abstract

On 17 January 2023, a Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus was observed and photographed along the coast of Terre Adélie (136–142°E, 67–90°S). This is the first observation of this species at this locality since seabird monitoring began in 1952, and it is only the second report of this species at latitudes this far south.

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