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Vagrant birds ashore at the Prince Edward Islands, southern Indian Ocean, from 1987 to 2009
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: WC Oosthuizen --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa BM Dyer --- Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa PJN de Bruyn --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaVagrant birds recorded ashore at Marion Island and Prince Edward Island from 1987 to 2009 are documented. In total, 101 observations (including multiple sightings of potentially the same individual) of 29 species were made. Palaearctic and Holarctic migrants (17 species),... -
First record of a vagrant Commerson’s dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii, at the southern African continental shelf
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: P. J. N. de Bruyn --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa G. J. G. Hofmeyr --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M. S. de Villiers --- Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, South AfricaCommerson’s Dolphins Cephalorhynchus commersonii are distributed in two disjunct populations, one around southern South America and the other around the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands. These populations have been shown to be morphologically and genetically distinct and movement between the two populations... -
Vagrant Subantarctic fur seals at Bouvetøya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: G. J. G. Hofmeyr --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M. N. Bester --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa S. P. Kirkman --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThree vagrant Subantarctic fur seals, Arctocephalustropicalis, were seen amongst a colony of Antarctic fur seals, A. gazella, at the isolated subantarctic island, Bouvetøya. Possible sources of the vagrants are populations at either Gough Island or the Prince Edward Islands Archipelago. -
Vagrant Subantarctic fur seal in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: R. Zanre --- Mayumba Project Manager, Wildlife Conservation Society, Gabon M. N. Bester --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaA vagrant adult male Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis was seen and photographed on the beach in Mayumba National Park in the Gabonese Republic. This is the northern most sighting on record for the species. The likely source of the... -
Inshore occurrence of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis ) at Subantarctic Marion Island
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. Postma --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M. Wege --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M. N. Bester --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa D. S. van der Merwe --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa P. J. N. de Bruyn --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaOpportunistic shore-based sightings of southern right whales Eubalaena australis for Marion Island (46°54’S, 37°45’E) were documented at five different times between 1974 and 2009. Whales were sighted between May and September and exclusively on the eastern lee side of the...