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Existen dos especies de albatros clororrinco, ambas muy parecidas. Thalassarche chlororynchos (Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross) habita en el Atlántico sur, cría en Tristán da Cunha e Gough island y es reemplazado por Thalassarche carteri en las mismas latitudes pero en el océano Índico, alcanzando también parte del océano Pacifico. Las escasísimas citas de este albatros en el Paleártico deberían ser atribuibles a Atlantic Yellow-nosed ya que su área de distribución alcanza las costas de Uruguay hasta el paralelo 45. Ha sido citado en USA, Canada, Noruega, Suecia y Golfo de Vizcaya.
La observación de Mañón es la primera para España que puede ser atribuible con seguridad a este taxón. El día antes de su paso por Estaca de Bares se produjo una observación en Asturias de un ave que podría haber sido el mismo ejemplar pero que no pudo ser identificado con seguridad. El 1 de junio de 2020 se observa y se fotografía un albatros en Rota (Cádiz). Los rasgos que se desprenden de las fotografías podrían ser los de un albatros clororrinco, aunque no es posible confirmarlo. El 22 de junio de 2020 un pescador portugués fotografía un albatros clororrinco unas millas mar adentro de Sagres, Faro (sur de Portugal). Dada la extrema rareza de la especie en esta parte del mundo, se podría especular sobre si todas estas observaciones implican al mismo albatros. |
Referencias:
*Beaman, M., Madge, S. Aves de Europa, Norte de Africa y Próximo Oriente ©1998. Ediciones Omega. Barcelona
*del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. eds (1996). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
* Onley, D. & Scofield, P. Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the word. (2007) Christopher Helm. London
*Beaman, M., Madge, S. Aves de Europa, Norte de Africa y Próximo Oriente ©1998. Ediciones Omega. Barcelona
*del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. eds (1996). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
* Onley, D. & Scofield, P. Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the word. (2007) Christopher Helm. London
Gutiérrez, P. (2020). El albatros clororrinco en Galicia: compilación de citas. En: web BirdersCove
Thalassarche chlororynchos 1
Cuando: 30 de agosto de 2020
Donde: Mañón(A Coruña)
Encontrado por: Guillermo Rodríguez Lázaro, Daniel López-Velasco, Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Miguel Rodríguez Esteban, Xurxo Piñeiro Álvarez, José Alberto Fernández Ugarte, Iker Fernández, Pep Manchado, Rinse Van De Vliet, Paco Cabrera, Antonio Martínez Pernas y Rob Berkelder
Información: Comunicación el chat de aves raras y escasas de Galicia BIRDERSCOVE
1 ejemplar volando hacia el oeste frente a Estaca de Bares.
Extraordinaria observación que supone el primer registro de esta especie en España
A continuación transcribimos una parte del artículo publicado en BIRDGUIDES por Daniel López-Velasco, Antonio Sandoval, Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Guillermo Rodríguez Lázaro, Rinse Van der Vliet.
"Guillermo Rodríguez shouted "albatross", and then "vamosss" (in the style of Rafa Nadal) and all hell broke loose!. Some chaotic moments followed and it took Dani Lopez-Velasco a while before he finally got on the bird, after first trying to see it through Guille's scope. Obviously we were all expecting a Black-browed Albatross, a species seen twice before at Estaca, so imagine Dani's surprise when he saw a mostly white underwing, reminiscent of the pattern of a Cory's Shearwater. The bird was mostly keeping low to the water and not arching much, so at first it wasn't easy to see the underwing – but then he started screaming in Spanish "white underwing, clororrinco [the Spanish name for Yellow-nosed Albatross]!!"The dark bill was obvious, too. Some more chaos and yelling followed as some observers had still not got on the bird and it was quickly flying away to the west. Those people looked through others' scopes, which worked fine, while others who had just left the site a few minutes before found out and ran to the lighthouse, where they also got onto it.
Guillermo Rodríguez snapped a few random shots of the sea in the general area where the albatross was. When we checked them briefly in the field, we didn't find it on the screen and simply assumed it didn't show on the photos, and totally forgot about it. However, when Guillermo reviewed them at home a couple days later, he realised the bird was there, in the corner of the images. And not only that, but even considering the poor quality and big crop, all Yellow-nosed Albatross features that led us to identify it as such in the field were visible, too: a mostly white underwing, with the Corys-like thin dark leading and trailing edges, and a dark bill."
Cuando: 30 de agosto de 2020
Donde: Mañón(A Coruña)
Encontrado por: Guillermo Rodríguez Lázaro, Daniel López-Velasco, Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Miguel Rodríguez Esteban, Xurxo Piñeiro Álvarez, José Alberto Fernández Ugarte, Iker Fernández, Pep Manchado, Rinse Van De Vliet, Paco Cabrera, Antonio Martínez Pernas y Rob Berkelder
Información: Comunicación el chat de aves raras y escasas de Galicia BIRDERSCOVE
1 ejemplar volando hacia el oeste frente a Estaca de Bares.
Extraordinaria observación que supone el primer registro de esta especie en España
A continuación transcribimos una parte del artículo publicado en BIRDGUIDES por Daniel López-Velasco, Antonio Sandoval, Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Guillermo Rodríguez Lázaro, Rinse Van der Vliet.
"Guillermo Rodríguez shouted "albatross", and then "vamosss" (in the style of Rafa Nadal) and all hell broke loose!. Some chaotic moments followed and it took Dani Lopez-Velasco a while before he finally got on the bird, after first trying to see it through Guille's scope. Obviously we were all expecting a Black-browed Albatross, a species seen twice before at Estaca, so imagine Dani's surprise when he saw a mostly white underwing, reminiscent of the pattern of a Cory's Shearwater. The bird was mostly keeping low to the water and not arching much, so at first it wasn't easy to see the underwing – but then he started screaming in Spanish "white underwing, clororrinco [the Spanish name for Yellow-nosed Albatross]!!"The dark bill was obvious, too. Some more chaos and yelling followed as some observers had still not got on the bird and it was quickly flying away to the west. Those people looked through others' scopes, which worked fine, while others who had just left the site a few minutes before found out and ran to the lighthouse, where they also got onto it.
Guillermo Rodríguez snapped a few random shots of the sea in the general area where the albatross was. When we checked them briefly in the field, we didn't find it on the screen and simply assumed it didn't show on the photos, and totally forgot about it. However, when Guillermo reviewed them at home a couple days later, he realised the bird was there, in the corner of the images. And not only that, but even considering the poor quality and big crop, all Yellow-nosed Albatross features that led us to identify it as such in the field were visible, too: a mostly white underwing, with the Corys-like thin dark leading and trailing edges, and a dark bill."
