Longevity in the Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata and a comparison with other species of Alcidae

Longevity in the Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata and a comparison with other species of Alcidae

The Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata is an abundant and widely distributed North Pacific seabird. We describe noteworthy longevity records derived from banding operations (1984-1985 and 2008-2018) on several large breeding colonies in British Columbia, Canada. Of note was an individual banded...

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Veröffentlicht in:Marine ornithology 2019-10, Vol.47 (2), p.225
Hauptverfasser: Hipfner, J Mark, Shervill, Daniel, Domalik, Alice D, Bertram, Douglas F, Lemon, Moira Jf, Rodway, Michael S, Smith, Constance, Hudson (Trefry), Sarah A
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Sprache:eng
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Alcidae
Aquatic birds
Body mass
Breeding
Cerorhinca monocerata
Colonies
Longevity
Records
Seabirds
Survival
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Zusammenfassung:The Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata is an abundant and widely distributed North Pacific seabird. We describe noteworthy longevity records derived from banding operations (1984-1985 and 2008-2018) on several large breeding colonies in British Columbia, Canada. Of note was an individual banded as a nestling on the Lucy Islands in 1985 and recaptured as a breeding adult in 2016, 31 years later. Several other individuals banded in the mid 1980s survived into at least their late 20s. These longevity records for the Rhinoceros Auklet are close to the value predicted by the linear relationship between longevity and log body mass for the 15 species of Alcidae for which data are available.
ISSN:1018-3337
2074-1235