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title: "A Buller’s Albatross reaches the South Atlantic off Argentina"
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# A Buller’s Albatross reaches the South Atlantic off Argentina

Leandro Tamini and Leandro Chavez ([Albatross Task Force Argentina](http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/campaigns/albatross/taskforce/argentina.aspx), Buenos Aires, Argentina) write in the journal [*Polar* *Biology*](http://link.springer.com/journal/300)on a sighting of an ACAP-listed Buller’s Albatross *Thalassarche bulleri* in the south-west Atlantic.

 The short note’s abstract follows:

 “Buller’s Albatross,*Thalassarche bulleri*, is a New Zealand breeding endemic that is frequently observed in the subtropical and sub-Antarctic South Pacific Ocean between Australia and Peru.  However, in the South Atlantic Ocean, it is a vagrant, as information on its presence in this region is limited to only a few sightings.  Here, we report a new record of *T. bulleri* in the south-western Atlantic Ocean off Argentina (55°06′13″S, 66°06′44″W) while investigating interactions between commercial fisheries and seabirds.  This record provides new information about the distribution of this albatross species and its relation with fisheries outside of its regular range.”

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Bullers/bullers_alblaross_chris_golding.jpg)

 Buller's Albatross, photograph by Chris Golding

 **Reference:**

 Tamini, L.L & Chavez, L.N. 2014.  First record of Buller’s Albatross (*Thalassarche bulleri*) from a fishing vessel in the south-western Atlantic Ocean off Southern Patagonia (Argentina).  [*Polar Biology* DOI 10.1007/s00300-014-1506-x](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-014-1506-x).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 04 May 2014*