Seabird sightings in Ghana and Ivorycoast

Marijke de Boer

doi:10.82144/fdad4556

Seabird sightings in Ghana and Ivorycoast

Citation

de Boer, M. 2019. Seabird sightings in Ghana and Ivorycoast. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/fdad4556. accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-18.

Description

Original provider: Marijke de Boer Dataset credits: Marijke N. de Boer Abstract: We recorded birds in the waters off Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire during two surveys, totalling 104 days, in April–May 2013 and March–May 2014. Several species were observed for which there are few or no previous records for either country, with Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea and Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis being new for Ghana, and Leach’s Storm-petrel Hydrobates leucorhous, White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, Cory’s Shearwater and Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus for Côte d’Ivoire. Our sightings suggest that several seabird species considered vagrants or rare visitors may occur more frequently in Ghanaian and Ivorian waters than previously thought.

Purpose

The main purpose of this study was to contribute information on the distribution and occurrence of seabirds sighted during two geophysical surveys off Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

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Sampling

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Method steps

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS.

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Apus apus
common name: Common swift rank: species
Bubulcus ibis
common name: Cattle egret rank: species
Calonectris diomedea
common name: Cory's shearwater rank: species
Chlidonias niger
common name: Black tern rank: species
Columba livia
common name: Common pigeon rank: species
Cypsiurus parvus
common name: African palm swift rank: species
Hydrobatidae
common name: Storm Petrels rank: family
Laridae
common name: Gulls rank: family
Milvus migrans
common name: Black kite rank: species
Numenius phaeopus
common name: Whimbrel rank: species
Oceanites oceanicus
common name: Wilson's storm petrel rank: species
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
common name: Leach's storm petrel rank: species
Phaethon lepturus
common name: White-tailed tropicbird rank: species
Puffinus griseus
common name: Sooty shearwater rank: species
Puffinus puffinus
common name: Manx shearwater rank: species
Stercorariidae
common name: Skuas rank: family
Stercorarius longicaudus
common name: Long-tailed jaeger rank: species
Stercorarius maccormicki
common name: South polar skua rank: species
Stercorarius pomarinus
common name: Pomarine jaeger rank: species
Sterna hirundo
common name: Common tern rank: species
Sula leucogaster
common name: Brown booby rank: species
Thalasseus maximus
common name: Royal tern rank: species
Vanellus senegallus
common name: African wattled lapwing rank: species
Xema sabini
common name: Sabine's gull rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans,Ghana,Ivorycoast

Bibliographic Citations

de Boer, M.N., Saulino, J.T. 2017. Birds recorded offshore Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, April–May 2013 and March–May 2014. Bulletin of the African Bird Club24 (2), 192-203. -

Contacts

Marijke de Boer
originator
position: Primary contact
Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen
email: marijkedeboer@hotmail.com

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

Marijke de Boer
owner
position: Primary contact
Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen
email: marijkedeboer@hotmail.com

Marijke de Boer
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Wageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen
email: marijkedeboer@hotmail.com