Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758): first record from South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Mariana Juáres; M. Moreira; Marcela Libertelli; Alejandro Carlini; M. Santos; Matías Baviera; Javier Negrete; Giovanna Donini; Martín Gray; Néstor Coria

doi:10.15560/6.4.559

Check List 6(4): 559-560, doi: 10.15560/6.4.559

Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758): first record from South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Mariana A. Juáres, Marcela M. Libertelli, M. Mercedes Santos, Javier Negrete, Martín Gray, Matías Baviera, M. Eugenia Moreira, Giovanna Donini, Alejandro Carlini, Néstor R. Coria

Corresponding author: Mariana Juáres ( marianajuares@hotmail.com )

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Citation: Juáres M, Moreira M, Libertelli M, Carlini A, Santos M, Baviera M, Negrete J, Donini G, Gray M, Coria N (2016) Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758): first record from South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Check List 6(4): 559-560. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.4.559

Abstract

We report herein the southernmost record of the Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), at two localities in the Antarctic: Esperanza/Hope Bay (January 2005) and 25 de Mayo/King George Island (October 2008). On both occasions a pair of specimens with winter plumage was observed.

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