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Boletín Chileno de Ornitología. Volumen 15 (2009), Número 1: 35-43

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Contribución breve
Avifauna de Isla Guafo
Avifauna of Guafo Island

Ronnie Reyes-Arriagada, Paulo Campos-Ellwanger & Roberto P. Schlatter

Instituto de Zoología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia Chile
ronnie.reyes@postgrado.uach.cl

ABSTRACT

We surveyed Guafo Island (300 km2), an extraordinary site for wildlife in coastal South America, located at 43º61' S, 74º75' W in southern Chile, and reasonably isolated from the mainland. We evaluated richness of bird species and document that the island has a high conservation value because it constitutes an important breeding locality and foraging area for a large number of birds. These are well represented with 81 species, most important of which is the Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) population, the northernmost breeding colony in South America, and largest colony on earth. The presence of seabird species nearby in offshore waters (largely Procellariiformes) is of importance as well.

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