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THE OCCURRENCE OF “PORTLANDICA” LITTLE TERNS AND ABSENCE OF DAMARA TERNS AND BRITISH STORM PETRELS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1978 |
Authors: | Feare, CJ, Bourne, WRP |
Journal: | Ostrich |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 2 |
Date Published: | 1978 |
ISBN Number: | 0030-6525 |
Keywords: | Hydrobates pelagicus, Hydrobatidae, Indian Ocean, Laridae, Oceanites, Oceanites oceanicus, Sterna albifrons, Sterna balaenarum, Sternula, Sternula albifrons, Sternula balaenarum, Sternula saundersi, Struthio, Struthio camelus, Struthionidae |
Abstract: | Summary Feare, C. J. & Bourne, W. R. P. 1978. The occurrence of ?Portlandica? Little Terns and absence of Damara Terns and British Storm Petrels in the Indian Ocean. Ostrich 49:64-66. Earlier reports of Damara Terns from islands in the western Indian Ocean are considered to be erroneous, and specimens and sightings of small terns in this geographic area are referable to the Little Tern or, more likely, Saunders' Tern. Reports of British Storm Petrels appear to have been due to confusion with Wilson's Storm Petrel which occurs and has been collected regularly in the western Indian Ocean. The occurrence of other small petrels in the area is briefly reviewed.Summary Feare, C. J. & Bourne, W. R. P. 1978. The occurrence of ?Portlandica? Little Terns and absence of Damara Terns and British Storm Petrels in the Indian Ocean. Ostrich 49:64-66. Earlier reports of Damara Terns from islands in the western Indian Ocean are considered to be erroneous, and specimens and sightings of small terns in this geographic area are referable to the Little Tern or, more likely, Saunders' Tern. Reports of British Storm Petrels appear to have been due to confusion with Wilson's Storm Petrel which occurs and has been collected regularly in the western Indian Ocean. The occurrence of other small petrels in the area is briefly reviewed. |
URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1978.9632632 |
Short Title: | Ostrich |
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