An overview of migratory birds in Brazil
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Somenzari, Marina
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Amaral, Priscilla Prudente do
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Cueto, Víctor R.
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Guaraldo, André de Camargo
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Jahn, Alex E.
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Lima, Diego Mendes
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Lima, Pedro Cerqueira
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Lugarini, Camile
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Machado, Caio Graco
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Martinez, Jaime
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Nascimento, João Luiz Xavier do
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Pacheco, José Fernando
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Paludo, Danielle
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Prestes, Nêmora Pauletti
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Serafini, Patrícia Pereira
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Silveira, Luís Fábio
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Sousa, Antônio Emanuel Barreto Alves de
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Sousa, Nathália Alves de
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Souza, Manuella Andrade de
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Telino-Júnior, Wallace Rodrigues
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Whitney, Bret Myers
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2018
2018-02-20
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.03
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10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.03
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Diomedeidae
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
(MGT)
: breeds on the group of islands of
Tristan da Cunha
(
Tristan da Cunha
, Inaccessible, Nightingale, Middle and Stoltenhoff) and Gough Island (
Olmos
et al.,
2006
). In Brazilian waters it occurs more frequently from RS to RJ (MZUSP; MNRJ). However, there are records from northeastern
Brazil
(
Olmos
et al.,
2006
), for
Sergipe
(SE) in June,
Alagoas
(AL) in May and June (
Sousa
et al.,
2005
; MNRJ 36008 [AL, 1988, May]),
Pernambuco
(PE) in May (
Carlos
et al.,
2005a
), MA in October (
Carvalho
et al.,
2010
) and even in PA, in Muaná, in July (WikiAves, 2016). During winter, the number of individuals in oceanic Brazilian waters rises considerably (
Neves
et al.,
2006
). Individuals banded at breeding sites were recovered in the states of SP in September, SC in June (
Olmos, 2002a
) and RS in November (
Soto & Riva, 2001
).
Thalassarche melanophris
(MGT)
: occurs on Southern seas from Cape Horn east to Antipodes Islands and from Campbell Islands south to
New Zealand
(
Carboneras, 1992b
). Its breeding season extends from September to April in the
Malvinas
/
Falkland Islands
, where the largest breeding colonies of this species are located (
Neves
et al.,
2006
) and where most individuals that visit
Brazil
originate from (ACAP, 2009). Nestlings (n = 52) banded on the
Malvinas
/
Falkland Islands
were recovered between May and September along the Brazilian coast, most of them south of Arraial do Cabo/RJ (
Olmos, 1997
), which suggests that the species is more common – though not exclusive – during winter in latitudes superior to
21°S
(
Olmos, 2002a
). These recoveries, alongside sightings in open sea, suggest that records of this species in the southern coast of
Brazil
are mainly of juveniles (
Olmos, 1997
) that use the waters over the Brazilian continental shelf as feeding areas (
Piacentini
et al.,
2005
). Museum records also confirm the species’ presence on the Brazilian coast mainly between May and September at RJ, SP,SC e RS (MZUSP; MNRJ).
Thalassarche cauta
(MGT)
: occurs in
Tasmania
and Auckland Islands, Crozet, Snares, Bounty and Chatham (
Carboneras, 1992b
) and breeds only on three islands south of
Australia
: Albatross, Pedra Branca and Mewstone (ACAP, 2009).They also occur in the western South Atlantic, where they are bycatch in pelagic longline fishing in
Brazil
and
Uruguay
(
Gianuca
et al.,
2011
). It occurs regularly in Brazilian waters, on the continental slope region along RS and SC, since juveniles were recorded in open sea between May and September from 2005 to 2011,
one adult
in
August 2011
(
Gianuca
et al.,
2011
) and one photographic record in October for RS (WikiAves, 2016). There is also one record in PR, although the month is not mentioned (
Scherer-Neto
et al.,
2011
). Besides these, two other Brazilian specimens remain to be identified (
Dénes
et al.,
2007
): one from RS collected in April (
Petry
et al.,
1991
) and another from Bahia (BA) in September (
Lima
et al.,
2004a
). In this paper we follow CBRO (
Piacentini
et al.,
2015
). However, recent data reveals that there is no confirmed record of
Thalassarche cauta
in the Southwestern Atlantic, but of
Thalassarche steadi
instead, suggesting review of these seabirds identification as necessary (
Gianuca
et al.,
2011
;
Seco-Pon & Tamini, 2013
;
Jiménez
et al.,
2015
).
Diomedea epomophora
(MGT)
: occurs in southern seas and breeds in
New Zealand
, in the
Auckland
Islands (99% of the population) and Campbell (ACAP, 2009) from November to March (
Neves
et al.,
2006
). After breeding, it migrates across the Pacific and Cape Horn to feed on the continental shelf of
Argentina
(including the
Malvinas
/Falklands) and southern
Brazil
, where it remains for months before migrating back across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans (
Olmos, 2002a
;
Neves
et al.,
2006
). One chick banded in
New Zealand
in
October 1976
was found dead almost one year later in RS, in August (
Sick, 1997
). Two specimens captured in RS in July and August were band- ed in Campbell (
Olmos, 2002a
) and there are records in April, August, September and November for Rio Grande/ RS (WikiAves, 2016).
Diomedea sanfordi
(MGT)
: breeds in
New Zealand
, only in the
Chatham Islands
and the
Otago
Peninsula (Taiaroa Head) (
Olmos
et al.,
2006
) from September to April. After breeding, it migrates east to the coast of
Chile
and
Peru
, where it molts. It then goes around Cape Horn to reach the continental shelf of
Argentina
(including the
Malvinas
/Falklands) and southern
Brazil
before crossing the Atlantic Ocean via the South African coast and migrating through the Austral Ocean to its breeding site (
Neves
et al.,
2006
). For RS there are photographic records in the months of May, August (
Bencke
et al.,
2010
) and October (WikiAves, 2016) and also as bycatch in the longline fishing fleet of
Brazil
in August (
Carlos
et al.,
2004a
). For SC there is only one record in
July 2001
away from the continental shelf (
Olmos, 2002b
).
Diomedea exulans
(MGT)
: occurs across most of the Austral Ocean, from the Antarctic Circle (
68°S
) to the Tropic of Capricorn (
23°S
). It breeds in the
South Georgia
Islands on the Atlantic Ocean, mainly on Bird Island. It also breeds on Prince Edward and Marion Islands, Crozet and Kerguelen Islands, and
Macquarie Island
, which belongs to
South Africa
,
France
and
Australia
respectively. This species has a long reproductive period (55 weeks) and individuals that nest in the Atlantic migrate east reaching the south coast of
Australia
and the Pacific Ocean (
Neves
et al.,
2006
). Individuals (n = 12), mostly nestlings, band- ed on Bird Island/
South Georgia
in October were recovered in
Brazil
mainly in July and September, on the coast of RS or in open sea in RS and SP (
Mestre
et al.,
2010
).
Diomedea dabbenena
(MGT)
: occurs in the central South Atlantic Ocean and it currently breeds only on Gough and Inaccessible Islands, since it is extinct in
Tristan da Cunha
(
Olmos, 2008
). Geolocation data suggests that 14 non-breeding adults used the southwestern Atlantic during the austral summer and migrated to the southeastern Atlantic and Indian Ocean to the east as far as
Australia
during the austral winter (
Reid
et al.,
2013
).Two male specimens banded on Gough Island in January and October were bycatch in longline fishing in
Brazil
in RS in October and November, respectively (
Neves & Olmos, 2001
). Records in Brazilian waters for SP (August),SC (November) and RS (October, November) suggest that the species is more frequent in waters under the influence of the Subtropical Convergence away from the coast of RS (
Neves & Olmos, 2001
). Museum records date for SC in September and RS in June, September and October (MZUSP specimens).