First breeding record of the light-mantled sooty albatross (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Phoebetria palpebrata)</Emphasis> for the maritime Antarctic |
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| Authors: | Simeon Lisovski Václav Pavel Karel Weidinger Hans-Ulrich Peter |
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| Institution: | 1.Polar and Bird Ecology Group, Institute of Ecology,Friedrich Schiller University Jena,Jena,Germany;2.Department of Zoology and Laboratory of Ornithology, Faculty of Science,Palacky University,Olomouc,Czech Republic |
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| 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. |
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