Black Browed Albatross

Distribution

Breeding regions are SO. Breeding subregions are islands of s Chile, Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich (se of South Georgia), Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes, Snares and Campbell groups (se, s of South I.; New Zealand). Non breeding regions are widespread all southern oceans from n of Antarctic Convergence to Tropic of Capricorn.

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distribution

occurs on Southern seas from Cape Horn east to Antipodes Islands and from Campbell Islands south to New Zealand (Carboneras, 1992 b). 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, 2002 a). 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).

An overview of migratory birds in Brazil