Title
A new breeding colony of the Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates tethys kelsalli, Lowe 1925) on Foca Island, extreme Northwestern Peru
Other title
Una nueva colonia reproductiva de la golondrinas de tempestad peruana (Hydrobatestethys kelsalli, Lowe 1925) en Isla Foca, norte del Perú
Date Issued
25 May 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Publisher(s)
Asociacion de Biologos de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Breeding colonies of Storm-petrels (family Hydrobatidae) are poorly known and can be difficult to find because they typically nest on islands in crevices and burrows inside caves. In the past decade, some breeding locations of the Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel (Hydrobates tethys kelsalli) have been reported on islands off central Peru and northern Chile. Here we report the northernmost breeding colony of this subspecies from Isla Foca, northern of Peru. In April 2006 we found 28 nests, of which 46% had chicks and 54% had eggs. Nests consisted of small holes in the rock with no nest material used for construction. Nesting season coincided with that of other reproductive zones found on the Peruvian coast. These results contribute to the knowledge of the distribution of reproductive colonies of this subspecies on the Peruvian coast.
Start page
225
End page
228
Volume
27
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85085642746
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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