Category: Suliformes

A record of Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus from medieval Spain

Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) Science Article 1 abstract The discovery of four bones of a Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus during an excavation of a fortress in Central Spain indicates the presence of this species in the area during the Late Middle Ages. The probability that this bird could be a vagrant is very small. The […]

Obstruction and starvation associated with plastic ingestion in a Northern Gannet Morus bassanus and a Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Science Article 1 abstract Plastic ingestion by seabirds is well documented (see Laist 1997for a list of species with ingestion records). However, casesdefinitively attributing seabird mortality to ingestion of plastic arerare. Seabirds that die from ingestion often suffer obstruction of thegastrointestinal tract. Ultimately, the birds die of starvation andoften quickly sink […]

Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich (Nematoda, Anisakidae) from the Neotropical Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin) (Aves, Phalacrocoracidae) in southern Brazil

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) Science Article 3 abstract The present report is part of a larger study on the helminth fauna of Neotropical Cormorants,Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin, 1789) in Brazil, particularly, in the southernmost State of Rio Grande do Sul. Thenematodes which were found loose in the proventriculus/ventriculus or in groups of adults of different ages […]

Primeiro registro de Syncuaria squamata (Linstow) (Nematoda, Acuariidae) embiguas, Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin) (Aves, Phalacrocoracidae) no Brasil

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) Science Article 4 abstract First record of Syncuaria squamata (Linstow) (Nematoda, Acuariidae) in Neotropical cormorants Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin) (Aves, Phalacrocoracidae) in Brazil. The nematodes of the genus Syncuaria Gilbert, 1927 are parasites of birds of the orders Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, and Podicipediformes. Eleven species are considered valid in this genus, however, two […]

Ecological Functions and Economic Value of the Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) in Los Olivitos Estuary, Venezuela

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) Science Article 2 abstract We determined the ecological function and economic value of a colony of piscivorous Neotropic Cormorants at the Los Olivitos Wildlife Refuge and Fisheries Reserve (WRFR), Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Colony size increased from 17,000 to approximately 40,000 in two years. Lake Maracaibo supports one of the most productive […]

ASPECTS OF THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE NEOTROPIC CORMORANT PHALACROCORAX OLIVACEUS AT GOLFO SAN JORGE, ARGENTINA

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the breeding biology of Neotropic Cormorants Phalacrocorax olivaceus at Golfo San Jorge, Argentina,during 1999. A total of 104 nest platforms with signs of occupation was counted, at 66 (63.5%) of whicheggs were laid. Nests were built on top of medium to large bushes located up […]

POSSIBLE HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN THE PERUVIAN BOOBYSULA VARIEGATA AND THE BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY S. NEBOUXIIIN LOBOS DE AFUERA ISLANDS, PERU

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 3 abstract Many hypotheses have been formulated to explain the causes of the relatively uncommon phenomenon of siblicidal aggression. All have been supported by evidence, however, no single hypothesis can fully explain the cause of avian siblicidal aggression Melissa Schramm ET AL., Avian Siblicidal Aggression Download article download full […]

EFFECTS OF THE 1982-83 EL NINO EVENT ON BLUE-FOOTED AND MASKED BOOBY POPULATIONS ON ISLA DAPHNE MAJOR, GALAPAGOS

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 6 abstract El Nino events have negative effects on seabird populations in the equatorial Pacific, including the Galapagos Islands, by causing reductions in food supplies. H. LISLE GIBBS et al., The Condor 89:440-442 Download article download full text (pdf)

First South Carolina Specimens of theMasked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 1 abstract The Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) is a pelagic warm-water species rarely seen near shore (Clapp et al. 1982). On the North American Atlantic coast, seabirds such as boobies are most often found in productive feeding areas far from land. William Post, The Chat, Vol. 68, No. 1 […]

Breeding biology of Masked Boobies (Sula dactylatra tasmani) on Lord Howe Island, Australia

Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) Science Article 2 abstract The breeding biology and reproductive output of a colony of Masked Boobies on Mutton Bird Point, Lord Howe Island, Australia, were studied during the 2001 02 breeding season. The colony produced a total of 200 clutches. Eggs were laid between 31 May and 15 September 2001, with […]