Struthionidae

IOC, BL, ZTP, ROB (+SF, SS, RSF) raise Struthio molybdophanes Somali Ostrich (S. camelus becomes Common Ostrich)

Resident, savanna and semi-desert: S Morocco; Senegal - Ethiopia, Somalia - C Tanzania; S Angola, N South Africa - E Zimbabwe,

SW Mozambique; (molybdophanes S Ethiopia, Somalia - N and E Kenya).

DIOMEDEIDAE (SAM subsumes into Procellariidae)
The taxonomy of this family has been subject to several interpretations. Previously Thalassarche and Phoebastria spp were often placed in Diomedea and most of the races noted below have been considered as separate species.
Diomedea exulans Wandering Albatross Albatros hurleur

exulans; dabbenena; (CMT + gibsoni) (HM + amsterdamensis here considered a separate species)

BL, ROB, IOC (+SL, SS) raise Diomedea dabbenena Tristan Albatross Albatros de Tristan

Breeds: Tristan, Gough (dabbenena); Marion, Crozet (exulans (CMT gibsoni)); visitor, sea: off W Cape, Namibia, especially Apr-Aug.

Diomedea amsterdamensis Amsterdam Albatross Albatros d’Amsterdam

HM, CMT, IOC subsume into Diomedea exulans

Breeds: Amsterdam Is (only a few pairs).

Diomedea epomophora Royal Albatross Albatros royal

sanfordi; epomophora

BL, ROB, IOC (+SL) raise Diomedea sanfordi Northern Royal Albatross Albatros royal du Nord (D. epomophora becomes

Southern Royal Albatross Albatros royal)

Visitor, sea: records of both subspecies off Cape.

Thalassarche melanophrys Black-browed Albatross Albatros à sourcils noirs

melanophrys; (ROB implies monotypic)

HM notes often incorrectly spelt melanophris

BoA, DFW, SAM, HBW, BD (+SF) Diomedea melanophrys (or melanophris)

Visitor, sea: commonest albatross off Cape in southern winter, 1 record Kenya.

BoA, DFW, SAM, HBW, ZTP (+SF) Diomedea cauta

Albatross Albatros des Chatham

Breeds: Crozet (4 pairs -- salvini); visitor, sea: off Cape (cauta, steadi, 1 rec of eremita).

Thalassarche chrysostoma Grey-headed Albatross Albatros à tête grise

BoA, DFW, SAM, HBW Diomedea chrysostoma

Breeds: Kerguelen, Crozet, Prince Edward; visitor, sea: off Cape.

Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yellow-nosed Albatross Albatros à bec jaune

Albatros à nez jaune

BoA, DFW, SAM, HBW Diomedea chlororhynchos

Yellow-nosed Albatross)

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is (bassi), Tristan group (chlororhynchos); visitor, sea: off Cape.

Thalassarche bulleri Buller’s Albatross Albatros de Buller

SAM, HBW Diomedea bulleri

Vagrant: off Cape (2 recs).

Phoebastria immutabilis Laysan Albatross Albatros de Laysan

SAM, HBW Diomedea immutabilis (not in BoA, DFW)

Vagrant: 2 recs (perhaps 1 bird) off South Africa, and between Crozet and Réunion.

Phoebetria fusca Sooty Albatross Albatros brun

Dark-mantled Sooty Albatross

Breeds: Tristan group, Crozet, Prince Edward; visitor, sea: off Cape especially May-Sep.

Phoebetria palpebrata Light-mantled Albatross Albatros fuligineux

Breeds: Kerguelen, Crozet.

PROCELLARIIDAE
Macronectes giganteus Southern Giant Petrel Pétrel géant

Antarctic Giant Petrel

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is; visitor, sea: off South Africa and rarer to N.

Macronectes halli Northern Giant Petrel Pétrel de Hall

Hall’s Giant Petrel

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is; visitor, sea: off South Africa, rarer to north.

Fulmarus glacialoides Southern Fulmar Fulmar argenté

Antarctic Fulmar Pétrel argenté

Visitor, sea: off South Africa, July-Jan, especially Sep.

Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar Fulmar boréal

glacialis is most likely race

Vagrant: off North Africa, Madeira.

Vagrant: off South Africa, July-Jan.

Cape Pigeon; **Pintado Petrel Pétrel damier

capense

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is; visitor, sea: commonest petrel in South African waters in southern winter.

Vagrant: South Africa.

BoA, DFW, SAM, HBW Pterodroma brevirostris; BL, ROB Lugensa brevirostris; (SL Aphodroma brevirostris)

Breeds: Tristan group, Kerguelen, Crozet, Prince Edward; visitor, sea: off South Africa.

Pterodroma macroptera Great-winged Petrel Pétrel noir

macroptera

Breeds: Tristan group, S Indian Ocean Is; visitor, sea: north to 10^oS in Atlantic Ocean, to 19^oS in Indian Ocean, mainly southern summer.

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is; vagrant: off South Africa, July-Nov.

Breeds: Tristan group; vagrant: off South Africa.

Herald Petrel

Resident: Round Is (Mauritius); vagrant: Azores.

Diablotin de Barau

Resident: Réunion, Rodrigues; vagrant E coast of South Africa.

Pterodroma aterrima Mascarene Petrel Pétrel de Bourbon

Réunion Black Petrel; Mascarene Black Petrel

HM, IOC Pseudobulweria aterrima

Resident: Réunion.

(Pterodroma neglecta Kermadec Petrel Pétrel des Kermadec)

neglecta

Vagrant: Seychelles.

mollis; dubia; (BoA + feae; madeira here considered as separate species); (HM monotypic)

Breeds: Tristan group (mollis), S Indian Ocean Is (dubia); visitor, sea: off South Africa, Namibia in southern winter.

Pterodroma feae Fea’s Petrel Pétrel gongon

Gon-gon; Cape Verde Petrel

BoA subsumes into Pterodroma mollis

Breeds: Cape Verde Is, Desertas (Madeira); visitor, sea: near West Africa coast.

Madeira Petrel

BoA subsumes into Pterodroma mollis

Breeds: highlands of Madeira; vagrant: off West Africa.

(Pterodroma ultima Murphy’s Petrel Pétrel de Murphy)

Vagrant: St Helena.

Cahow*

Pétrel bleu

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is; vagrant: off South Africa.

Pachyptila vittata Broad-billed Prion Prion de Forster

(BoA + macgillivrayi; salvini both here considered races of P. salvini)

Breeds: Tristan group; visitor, sea: off South Africa.

Pachyptila salvini Salvin’s Prion Prion de Salvin

Medium-billed Prion

BoA, DFW subume into Pachyptila vittata

Resident: Prince Edward, Crozet (salvini); Amsterdam, St Paul (macgillivrayi).

Pachyptila desolata Antarctic Prion Prion de la Désolation

Dove Prion

Breeds: Kerguelen, Crozet; visitor, sea: off South Africa.

Thin-billed Prion

Breeds: Crozet, Kerguelen; vagrant: off South Africa.

Pachyptila turtur Fairy Prion Prion colombe

(HM + subantarctica (the most likely race))

Breeds: Crozet; vagrant: off South Africa, Namibia in southern winter.

(Pachyptila crassirostris Fulmar Prion Prion à bec épais)

Prion fulmar

crassirostris

Vagrant: 1 rec South Africa in 19^th Century.

Breeds: Canary Is, Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde Is; visitor, sea: off Morocco - Gulf of Guinea, vagrant further south.

Breeds: Socotra; seen Gulf of Aden, off Somalia, Seychelles.

Puffin brun

IOC, BL, ROB (+SL, SS) raise Procellaria conspicillata Spectacled Petrel Pétrel à lunettes

Breeds: Inaccessible Is (conspicillata); S Indian Ocean Is (aequinoctialis); visitor, sea: common to 30^oS, less so to 20^oS, mainly in southern winter.

Procellaria cinerea Grey Petrel Puffin gris

Pediunker*

Breeds: Tristan group, S Indian Ocean Is; visitor, sea: off South Africa.

Calonectris diomedea Cory’s Shearwater Puffin cendré

diomedea; borealis; edwardsii

CMT, IOC, BL, BD (+ROB has only 2 in Africa) (+SS) raise Calonectris edwardsii Cape Verde Shearwater Puffin du Cap Vert

Breeds: Mediterranean Is (diomedea); NW Africa, N Atlantic Is (borealis); Cape Verde Is (edwardsii); visitor, sea: off Morocco - Mauritania and Namibia - KZ-Natal, rarer in between.

Vagrant: Socotra, probable Djibouti, off South Africa (2 recs).

Breeds: Seychelles, around Madagascar; visitor, sea: Gulf of Aden - Cape, mainly Sept-Mar.

(Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater Puffin à bec grêle)

Vagrant: Rodrigues.

Visitor, sea: off Cape - Kenya, mainly southern summer.

Breeds: Tristan group; visitor, sea: off West Africa, N Atlantic islands Aug-Sept, uncommon to Namibia, South Africa Oct-Jan.

Visitor, sea: off Morocco, N Atlantic islands late northern summer, Liberia - Cape especially in southern winter.

(BoA + mauretanicus; puffinus; yelkouan here considered 3 separate species)

Breeds: Madeira, Azores, Canary Is; visitor, sea: off West Africa and South Africa but not in Gulf of Guinea.

Puffinus yelkouan Yelkouan Shearwater Puffin yelkouan

Levantine Shearwater Puffin de Méditerranée

(HBW + yelkouan; mauretanicus here considered separate species)

BoA subsumes into Puffinus puffinus

Resident: around E Mediterranean Is; vagrant out of Mediterranean.

Puffinus mauretanicus Balearic Shearwater Puffin des Baléares

BoA subsumes into Puffinus puffinus

SAM, HBW (+DFW by implication) subsume into Puffinus yelkouan (and known as) Mediterranean Shearwater

Resident: around Balearic and other W Mediterranean Is; rare visitor out of Mediterranean.

CMT, IOC raise Puffinus persicus Persian Shearwater (races persicus, temptator)

CMT, ROB, IOC raise Puffinus bailloni Tropical Shearwater [Puffin d’Audubon] (races bailloni, nicolae)

Breeds: Aldabra - Maldives (nicolae); Mohéli (temptator); Mascarene Is (bailloni); (persicus breeds on Kuria Muria Is in Arabian Sea); rare visitor, sea: East Africa - KZ-Natal (South Africa) (presumably all races).

Puffin semblable

baroli; tunneyi; elegans; boydi

CMT, IOC raise Puffinus baroli Macaronesian Shearwater (Barolo Shearwater); CMT raises Puffinus boydi Boyd’s Shearwater.

Breeds: Azores, Canary Is, NW Africa (baroli); Tristan group (elegans); Cape Verde Is (boydi); (tunneyi breeds SW Australia); visitor, sea: NW Africa - Sierra Leone and South Africa.

PELECANOIDIDAE (SAM subsumes into Procellariidae)

Resident: Crozet, Prince Edward Is.

Resident: Tristan group (dacunhae); Crozet, Kerguelen (exsul).

HYDROBATIDAE (SAM subsumes into Procellariidae)
Oceanites oceanicus Wilson’s Storm-petrel Océanite de Wilson

oceanicus; exasperatus

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is; visitor, sea: commonest petrel all around continent W Mediterranean to S Red Sea around Cape.

Breeds: Gough, Crozet, Kerguelen; visitor: off South Africa (1 record).

Breeds: Canary Is, Salvage Is (hypoleuca); Cape Verde Is (eadesi); Tristan group (marina); visitor, sea: Gulf of Aden to equator (dulciae).

Breeds: Tristan group (melanoleuca); S Indian Ocean Is (tropica); scarce visitor, sea: off South Africa.

Resident: Tristan group, Amsterdam, St Paul; vagrant to north.

**British Storm-petrel

(CMT + pelagicus, militensis)

Breeds: Canary Is (+ Mediterranean Is); visitor, sea: W Mediterranean, off NW Africa - KZ-Natal; off South Africa especially Sept-Feb.

Band-rumped Storm-petrel*

Breeds: Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde Is, mid-Atlantic Is; visitor, sea: off NW Africa to frequent in Gulf of Guinea.

Oceanodroma monteiroi Monteiro's Storm-petrel ??

A recently described form (Ibis 2008); CMT, IOC also have Oceanodroma jabejabe Cape-Verde Storm-petrel (winter breeding

Cape Verde Is.)

Breeds: Azores (summer breeding).

Visitor, sea: in Red Sea and nearby; vagrant Salvage Is.

Breeds: Dyer Is, Cape area (South Africa); visitor, sea: all Atlantic coastal areas.

Visitor, sea: equatorial Indian Ocean.

SPHENISCIDAE
Aptenodytes patagonicus King Penguin Manchot royal

(CMT + halli)

Breeds: S Indian Ocean Is; vagrant South Africa (2 recs).

Eudyptes chrysocome Rockhopper Penguin Gorfou sauteur

Western Rockhopper Penguin*

IOC raises Eupdyptes moseleyi Northern Rockhopper Penguin; Eudyptes filholi Eastern Rockhopper Penguin; (E. chrysocome

becomes Western Rockhopper Penguin)

Breeds: Tristan group, St Paul, Amsterdam (moseleyi); Prince Edward Is, Kerguelen (filholi); vagrant: off South Africa.

(BoA + chrysolophus)

Breeds: Kerguelen, Crozet; vagrant: off South Africa.

Spheniscus demersus Jackass Penguin Manchot du Cap

African Penguin

Resident: inshore islands off Namibia, South Africa; rarely disperses to S Angola, S Mozambique.

(Spheniscus magellanicus Magellanic Penguin Manchot de Magellan )

Vagrant: S Atlantic islands; South Africa (1 rec probably ship assisted).

Pygoscelis papua Gentoo Penguin Manchot papou

papua

Resident: Kerguelen, Crozet.

(Pygoscelis adeliae Adelie Penguin Manchot d’Adelie )

Vagrant, sea: no mainland record.

(Pygoscelis antarcticus Chinstrap Penguin Manchot à jugulaire)

HM notes often incorrectly spelt P. antarctica

Resident: Prince Edward Is; vagrant, Gough Is.

GAVIIDAE
Gavia stellata Red-throated Diver Plongeon catmarin

Red-throated Loon*

Vagrant, sea: N Morocco, Azores.

Arctic Loon; Black-throated Loon*

Vagrant, sea: NW Africa, Canary Is.

Common Loon; Great Northern Loon* Plongeon imbrin

Vagrant, sea: NW Africa, N Atlantic Is.

PODICIPEDIDAE

Resident, fresh water: Morocco - Tunisia, Egypt (ruficollis); all S of Sahara, N Madagascar (capensis) although patchy in West Africa.

[Tachybaptus rufolavatus Alaotra Grebe Grèbe roussâtre]

Grèbe de Delacour

Probably extinct: was confined to L. Alaotra, Madagascar.

Tachybaptus pelzelnii Madagascar Grebe Grèbe malgache

Madagascar Little Grebe

Resident, fresh water: Madagascar.

(Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe Grèbe à bec bigarré )

Vagrant: Azores, Tenerife.

Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe Grèbe huppé

infuscatus; cristatus

Resident, fresh water: Tunisia, disperses to Morocco and vagrant to Senegal (cristatus); discontinuous in highlands of Ethiopia, East Africa and E DRC, Transvaal - Cape (South Africa) (all infuscatus); casual records elsewhere.

Eared Grebe

(BoA only lists nigricollis but clearly includes gurneyi in this; HBW indicates nigricollis (sens strict.) also occurs)

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, productive waters, including sea in non-breeding season: all over continent but patchy (not recorded in all countries); vagrant Azores, Canary Is, Seychelles.

Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Grebe Grèbe jougris

grisegena

Vagrant: NW Africa.

Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe Grèbe esclavon

Slavonian Grebe

Vagrant: NW Africa, Tunisia, Azores, Madeira.

PHAETHONTIDAE
Phaethon aethereus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaéton à bec rouge

Grand Phaéton

Breeds: Cape Verde Is (mesonauta); Ascension Is, St Helena, off Senegal (aethereus); Red Sea islets (indicus); visitor, sea: elsewhere to tropical waters, N Atlantic Is.

Breeds: Aldabra, Indian Ocean Is; rare visitor, sea: Indian Ocean coast of Africa.

Petit Phaéton

Breeds: Ascension Is, Gulf of Guinea Is (ascensionis); Aldabra, Seychelles (lepturus); Europa Is (europae) visitor, sea: tropical areas.

SULIDAE
Morus bassanus Northern Gannet Fou de Bassan

BoA, DFW, HBW Sula bassana

Visitor, sea: Mediterranean east to Libya, Atlantic south to Sierra Leone, incl islands.

Morus capensis Cape Gannet Fou du Cap

BoA, DFW, HBW Sula capensis

Breeds: islets off South Africa, Namibia; visitor, sea: north to Gulf of Guinea, Kenya.

Morus serrator Australasian Gannet Fou austral

Australian Gannet

BoA, DFW, HBW Sula serrator

Vagrant: seen in colonies of M. capensis and on Indian Ocean islands.

Breeds: islands in Red Sea south to Zanzibar, Indian Ocean Is, dispersing rarely south of Tanzania (melanops); vagrant Gulf of Guinea (dactylatra).

Breeds: some Indian Ocean Is (rubripes); (rubripes also in W and C Pacific, sula in SW Atlantic and Caribbean); visitor, sea: Port Sudan; vagrant to E and W coasts.

Breeds: Gulf of Guinea Is, Ascension Is, Cape Verde Is, dispersing Senegal - Congo (leucogaster); Red Sea and Indian Ocean Is dispersing south to Tanzania (plotus).

PHALACROCORACIDAE
Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant Grand Cormoran

White-breasted Cormorant

IOC, ROB (+SL, SS) raise Phalacrocorax lucidus White-breasted Cormorant Cormoran à poitrine blanche

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor (carbo), coastal and inland water: coastal Morocco - Egypt and up Nile R. (sinensis, maroccanus); west coast Mauritania south to Guinea-Bissau and Angola - Cape; inland N and E Sudan, Ethiopia - Namibia, South Africa (all lucidus); carbo winters to NW Africa.