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Longevity records for the brown booby Sula leucogaster and flesh-footed shearwater Ardenna carneipes

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posted on 2023-05-20, 22:59 authored by Yap, VHS, Lillian StewartLillian Stewart, Stuckenbrock, S, Fidler, AL, Jennifer Lavers

Longevity records for seabirds are vital to understanding population demography but are often limited due to the relatively short duration of many monitoring programs. Here, we present new longevity records for two seabird species: 32.2 years (Queensland, Australia) for the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster and 33.9 years (New Zealand) for the Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes, alongside existing longevity data. While these new records represent the oldest known birds to date, we suggest that they reflect typical adult lifespans of these species, i.e., 25-30 years, and reinforce the need for ongoing monitoring efforts.

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Publication title

Marine Ornithology

Volume

49

Pagination

167-170

ISSN

1018-3337

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Pacific Seabird Group

Place of publication

United States

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© Marine Ornithology 2021. Marine Ornithology work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Marine biodiversity

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