Interspecific fostering of a wedge-tailed shearwater ardenna pacifica by white-necked petrels pterodroma cervicalis on Phillip Island, Norfolk Island group

Authors

Terence W. O'Dwyer, Office of Environment and Heritage, University of WollongongFollow
Dean Portelli, Office of Environment and Heritage
Nicholas Carlile, Office of Environment and Heritage

RIS ID

127662

Publication Details

O'Dwyer, T. W., Portelli, D. & Carlile, N. (2018). Interspecific fostering of a wedge-tailed shearwater ardenna pacifica by white-necked petrels pterodroma cervicalis on Phillip Island, Norfolk Island group. Marine Ornithology, 46 (1), 43-45.

Abstract

We report the cross-fostering of a Wedge-tailed Shearwater chick by White-necked Petrels during the 2016/17 breeding season in the Norfolk Islands. Our finding highlights the possibility that cross-fostering of these procellariids can be used in conservation applications.