Number of taxa: 520 Number of species: 289 Number of accepted species: 243
Taxonomic Editor:
Dr Eric Woehler, University of Tasmania
email: eric dot woehler at utas dot edu dot au
A species lists of Antarctic Seabirds was provided to SCAR-MarBIN by Dr Eric J Woehler (RAMS Taxonomic Editor for Aves, University of Tasmania), who compiled a list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations. The list includes information on taxonomy, vernacular names, IUCN Red List status and Breeding Category. Dr Eric J Woehler also kindly provided a series of pictures of bird specimens to complete the information.
If you use the lists, please cite:
Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.
Please also acknowledge the SCAR-MarBIN portal:
Woehler EJ, De Broyer C, Clarke A, Koubbi P, Pakhomov E, Scott F, Vanden Berghe W and Danis B (Editors). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS): Aves, [date accessed]. World Wide Web electronic publication. Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/rams/