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1 June 2014 Winter Migration of Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) Along the Southeastern Pacific
Elizabeth Skewgar, P. Dee Boersma, Alejandro Simeone
Elizabeth Skewgar,1,* P. Dee Boersma,1,2 Alejandro Simeone3
11Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
22The Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY, 10460, USA
33Universidad Andres Bello, Facultad de Ecologia y Recursos Naturales, Departamento de Ecologia y Bio
*Corresponding author; E-mail: skewes@uw.edu
Waterbirds, 37(2):203-209 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.0208
Little is known about migration of Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) in the Pacific Ocean. We used satellite telemetry to determine the post-breeding movement patterns of recently molted male Magellanic Penguins (n = 6) at Puñihuil, southern Chile, in 2006. Five individuals went north, stopping at two separate wintering areas along the coast, while one went 300 km south to waters inland of the island of Chiloé, Chile. The most commonly used wintering area (n = 3) was 600–800 km north of the breeding colony, near the Gulf of Arauco, Chile, where high levels of primary productivity are common. Magellanic Penguin wintering areas coincided with important areas for other seabirds and overlapped with human fisheries.
Elizabeth Skewgar, P. Dee Boersma, and Alejandro Simeone "Winter Migration of Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) Along the Southeastern Pacific," Waterbirds 37(2), 203-209, (1 June 2014). https://doi.org/10.1675/063.037.0208
Received: 18 July 2013; Accepted: 29 August 2013; Published: 1 June 2014
Waterbirds
Gulf of Arauco
post-breeding
satellite telemetry
Spheniscus magellanicus
Elizabeth Skewgar, P. Dee Boersma, Alejandro Simeone "Winter Migration of Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) Along the Southeastern Pacific," Waterbirds, 37(2), 203-209, (1 June 2014)