Specimen record confirms Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata presence in Chilean waters
Authors
MATÍAS PORTFLITT-TORO1,2, DIEGO MIRANDA-URBINA3,4 & GUILLERMO LUNA-JORQUERA2,5
1 Programa de Magíster en Ciencias del Mar mención Recursos Costeros, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile (matias.portflitt.t@gmail.com)
2 Millennium Nucleus for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Departamento de Biología Marina, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile
3 Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
4 Centre for Molecular and Functional Ecology of Agroecosystems, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
5 Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Coquimbo, Chile
Citation
PORTFLITT-TORO, M., MIRANDA-URBINA, D. & LUNA-JORQUERA, G. 2018. Specimen record confirms Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata presence in Chilean waters.
Marine Ornithology 46: 69
- 70
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.46.1.1251
Received 16 December 2017, accepted 21 December 2017
Date Published: 2018/4/15
Date Online: 2018/3/12
Key words: beached-bird surveys, Coquimbo, Chile, Pachyptila vittata, Peru Current, seabird distribution
Abstract
We report a specimen record of a Broad-billed Prion found during a beached-bird survey in northern Chile on 28 February 2014. The carcass was in an advanced state of decomposition and the cause of death was unknown. Identification was based on morphological comparison with other prions. This record confirms the species’ occurrence offshore of Chile and emphasizes the importance of beached-bird surveys to increase knowledge about the dispersal of vagrant seabirds.
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