Corpus ID: 88954725

First record of hybridisation between Northern Eudyptes moseleyi and Southern Rockhopper Penguins E.c.chrysocome

@inproceedings{Crofts2015FirstRO,
  title={First record of hybridisation between Northern Eudyptes moseleyi and Southern Rockhopper Penguins E.c.chrysocome},
  author={S. Crofts and B. Robson},
  year={2015}
}

S. Crofts, B. Robson

Published 2015

Geography

A Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi, typically a vagrant species to the Falkland Islands, spent six consecutive breeding seasons (2009–14) at a Southern Rockhopper Penguin E. c. chrysocome colony on East Falkland. During November 2014 it paired with a Southern Rockhopper Penguin and produced a hybrid chick. Although the chick did not survive, an increase in sightings of Northern Rockhopper Penguins at the Falklands suggests that further hybridisation between the two species is… CONTINUE READING

seabirdgroup.org.uk

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed