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Usurpation and Brooding of Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) Chicks by Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)

Diversity, 2023
While nest usurpation and subsequent incubation of eggs and even brooding of chicks from other species has been reported for Common Terns (Sterna hirundo), such behavior is considered rare.
Jeffery D. Sullivan, Jonathan Irons, Anna Treadway, Ayla McDonough, Alyssa Lee, Amy O’Donnell, Carl R. Callahan, Peter C. McGowan, Diann J. Prosser   +8 more
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Integrating species-centric and geomorphic-centric views of interior least tern and piping plover habitat selection [PDF]

Heliyon, 2018
The Federally endangered interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) and threatened piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nest on emergent sandbars in several braided rivers in the USA.
Jason M. Farnsworth, David M. Baasch, Patrick D. Farrell   +2 more
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Breeding on a Tropical Island Proves More Difficult Than Expected: The Ongoing Breeding Failure of Laysan Albatross on Clarion Island. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study establishes essential baseline data on the current status, colony dynamics, and key threats facing the Laysan Albatrosses on Clarion Island and offers critical insights to guide future conservation and management efforts. ABSTRACT In the 1980s, the Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) expanded its breeding range into the eastern ...
Castillo-Guerrero JA, Castañeda-Castellanos SA, Portillo-Zavala DA, Hernández-Vázquez S, Fernández G.   +4 more
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Assessing responses of reef island seabirds to environmental and anthropogenic drivers. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Tropical insular ecosystems face escalating, cumulative impacts of land‐ and sea‐based ecological threats that jeopardize the long‐term sustainability of their native communities. This joint vulnerability is epitomized by reef island seabirds, which are exposed to reef decline and coastal erosion driven by climate change, reduction in prey ...
Berr T, Millon A, Dumas P, Guehenneuc P, Perez F, De Méringo H, Baudat-Franceschi J, Vidal É.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Knief U, Bouwhuis S, Globig A, Günther A, Courtens W.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genomic analysis of high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses from Antarctica reveals multiple introductions from South America [PDF]

Nature Communications
The spread of high pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b into Antarctica poses a major threat to polar wildlife. We report the detection of H5N1 in carcasses of eight species during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 austral summers in ...
Maria Ogrzewalska, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Elisa Cavalcante Pereira, Emandi Campinas, Leonardo Correa Junior, Jennifer Oliveira Melo, Larissa Macedo, Luciana Reis Appolinario, Ighor Arantes, Martha Lima Brandao, Bruno Rocha Pribul, Claudio Marcos Rocha, Fabricio Souza Campos, Ueric José Borges de Souza, Bruna Paredes Galarza, Alanis Silva Melgarejo, Luciana Trilles, Lucas Machado Moreira, Wim Degrave, Maithê Magalhães, Daniel Moreira, Roberto do Val Vilela, Fernando Couto Motta, Marilda M. Siqueira, Paola Cristina Resende   +24 more
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Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in relation to Platte River hydrology and sandbar dynamics. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2017
Farnsworth JM, Baasch DM, Smith CB, Werbylo KL.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

LEAST TERN CHICK SURVIVAL ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Journal of Field Ornithology, 2000
Accurate population models for the endangered Interior Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) cannot be generated without age-specific survival estimates. Our purpose was to estimate chick survival from hatching to fledging, for Least Terns nesting at two sites on the Lower Mississippi River in Missouri, using mark-recapture methodology.
Katie M. Dugger, Mark R. Ryan, Rochelle B. Renken   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

First documented records of Black-throated Flower-piercer, Diglossa brunneiventris (Lafresnaye, 1846) (Aves, Thraupidae), and Least Tern, Sternula antillarum (Lesson, 1847) (Aves, Laridae), on the southern coast of Peru [PDF]

Check List, 2021
We report Black-throated Flower-piercer, Diglossa brunneiventris (Lafresnaye, 1846), and Least Tern, Sternula antillarum (Lesson, 1847), in the Tambo river estuary, Islay province, Arequipa department, Peru.
Yuri A. Peña, Luis Gonzalo Cano, R. Rodrigo Mena, Alberto Cáceres   +3 more
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A case study of sea and shorebird breeding recovery following goat and cat eradication on Klein Curaçao, southern Caribbean

Journal of Field Ornithology, 2023
Here, we document major seabird breeding recovery on a satellite island of Curaçao in the southern Caribbean following the removal of goats in 1997, significant reforestation from 2000–2005, and the extermination of cats in 2001. The only seabird to have
Adolphe O. Debrot, Rob M Wellens, Henriette E. de Vries, Michelle Da Costa Gomez, Cisca A. N. F. Rusch-de Lijster, Quinlan N.D. Cijntje, Erik Houtepen, Peter-Paul P. Schets   +7 more
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