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Breeding distribution and abundance of seabirds on islands off north-central Chile by ALEJANDRO SIMEONE; GUILLERMO LARA-JORQUERA; MARIANO BERNAL; STEFAN GARTHE; FELIPE SEPÚLVEDA; ROBERTO VILLABLANCA; URSULA ELLENBERG; MACARENA CONTRERAS; JULIETA MUÑOZ; TAMARA PINCE is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Between 1999 and 2003 we collected information on the breeding distribution and abundance of 12 seabird species occurring on nine islands off the coasts of north and central Chile (27°-33° S). The Peruvian booby Sula variegata was the most abundant seabird with a breeding population of ca. 18,000 pairs concentrated in two islands, followed by the Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti with ca. 9,000 pairs, the largest colony being at Chañaral Island with ca. 7,000 pairs. Kelp gulls Larus dominicanus bred at all the surveyed sites in colonies of variable size, ranging from 40 to 2,000 pairs. Peruvian diving-petrels Pelecanoides garnotii and Peruvian pelicans Pelecanus occidentalis bred at restricted sites, but generally in large colonies. Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus, wedge-rumped storm-petrels Oceanodroma tethys, Neotropical cormorants Hypoleucos brasiliensis, guanay cormorants Leucocarbo bougainvillii, red-legged cormorants Stictocarbo gairmardi, band-tailed gulls Larus belcheri and Inca terns Larosterna inca nested at few sites forming small colonies (from a few to 150 pairs). Two new breeding sites are reported for the Peruvian diving-petrel and nesting of the wedg
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- Author
- ALEJANDRO SIMEONE; GUILLERMO LARA-JORQUERA; MARIANO BERNAL; STEFAN GARTHE; FELIPE SEPÚLVEDA; ROBERTO VILLABLANCA; URSULA ELLENBERG; MACARENA CONTRERAS; JULIETA MUÑOZ; TAMARA PINCE
- Publisher
- SciELO; Springer-Verlag; Sociedad de Biologia de Chile; Santiago: Sociedad de Biología de Chile; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT); SciELO Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID) (ISSN 0716-078X)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)