Abstract
The White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (Vieillot 1819) is one of the longest migrating birds that breeds in the high Arctic in Alaska and Canada and spends the post-breeding period in South America. This bird is a frequent vagrant visitor of Islas Georgias del Sur/South Georgia and the South Shetland islands. Here we provide the first record for the White-rumped Sandpiper at the Continental Antarctica. The individual was observed the 2 February 2019 at Esperanza/Hope Bay (63° 23′ 56″ S, 56° 59′ 06″ W), the north of the Antarctic Peninsula, in an ice-free rockery close to a melt-water-run-off area. At the moment of the observation, the temperature was above 0 °C and the wind calm. However, strong winds from the north-west and west directions were registered during the last week of January 2019 at Esperanza Station (peak 65 knots) and at the Drake Passage (peak 49 knots) which might explain the presence of the White-rumped Sandpiper individual at Hope Bay. Our report contributes to list the non-native species observed in Antarctica. One plausible explanation could be related to changes in migratory routes of flying birds.
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We thank the Dirección Nacional del Antártico and the Instituto Antártico Argentino for logistical support, and the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional Argentino for providing meteorological data from Esperanza Station. We thank Dr. Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire and Dr. Maria Virginia Petry for their helpful comments on the manuscript.
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Funding was provided by PICTO 2010-0111, FONCYT y PI 5/09.
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AS, KH and NK were in the field, saw the White-rumped Sandpiper and took the pictures. MS, MJ and ML were conducting the Antarctic campaign, providing a guide in the field and help with the figures. AS wrote the manuscript. RC helped with the taxonomic identification and corrected the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
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Silvestro, A.M., Santos, M.M., Juáres, M.A. et al. First record of White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) at Esperanza/Hope Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biol 44, 631–635 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02828-1
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