Abstract
We report the first record of Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 on the southeastern Brazilian coast. During monthly bird surveys in the northern Rio de Janeiro State, on January 2012 we recovered a tern banded in Massachusetts, USA. The present record stretches the S. dougallii southernmost geographic distribution in Brazil (Bahia state) by about 600 km. It is difficult to evaluate this species’ regional status due to the absence of continuous sampling efforts.
Highlights
This paper presents the first documented record of S. dougallii for the southeastern Brazilian coast, during our monthly bird surveys conducted in northern Rio de Janeiro state
The study site was the coastal area of the northern Rio de Janeiro state and has the marked presence of reflective beaches and coastal lagoons (Figure 1)
We carried out monthly bird surveys in search for beached birds, mainly in the municipalities of São Francisco de Itabapoana (21°26’37” S, 41°03’38” W), São João da Barra (21°38’50” S, 41°03’36” W), Quissamã (22°10’5” S, 41°26’25” W) and Carapebus (22°12’29” S, 41°38’21” W) (Figure 1)
Summary
This paper presents the first documented record of S. dougallii for the southeastern Brazilian coast, during our monthly bird surveys conducted in northern Rio de Janeiro state. The study site was the coastal area of the northern Rio de Janeiro state and has the marked presence of reflective beaches and coastal lagoons (Figure 1). We carried out monthly bird surveys in search for beached birds, mainly in the municipalities of São Francisco de Itabapoana (21°26’37” S, 41°03’38” W), São João da Barra (21°38’50” S, 41°03’36” W), Quissamã (22°10’5” S, 41°26’25” W) and Carapebus (22°12’29” S, 41°38’21” W) (Figure 1).
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