Seabirds and shorebirds

Seabird species:

• African Penguin
• Fleshfooted Shearwater
• Leach's Storm Petrel
• Whitefaced Storm Petrel
• Great White Pelican
• Redbilled Tropicbird
• Australasian Gannet
• Cape Gannet
• Cape Cormorant
• Bank Cormorant
• Crowned Cormorant
• White-breasted Cormorant
• Kelp Gull (L. d. dominicanus Prince Edward Islands)
• Kelp Gull "Cape Gull" (L. d. vetula Southern Africa)
• Hartlaub's Gull
• Franklin's Gull
• Sabine's Gull
• Caspian Tern
• Antarctic Tern
• Swift Tern

Shorebird species:

• African Black Oystercatcher
• Blacksmith Plover
• Crowned Plover
• Kittlitz's Plover
• Lesser Sheathbill
• Spotted Thick-knee Plover
• White-fronted Plover

Important sites for seabirds and shorebirds:

Namibia
• Cape Cross
• Walvis Bay Guano Platform, Bird Rock
• Sylvia Hill
• Mercury Island
• Ichaboe Island
• Halifax Island
• Possession Island
• Plumpudding and Sinclair Islands

 
South Africa
• Bird Island, Lamberts Bay
• Malgas Island
• Marcus, Jutten and Vondeling Islands
• Dassen Island
• Robben Island
• The Boulders
• The Kom, Kommetjie
• Seal Island, False Bay
• Stony Point, Bettys Bay
• Geyser Island
• Dyer Island
• Cape Recife, Algoa Bay
• St Croix Island
• Bird Island, Algoa Bay
• The Prince Edward Islands
  • Discovery and Naming of The Prince Edward Islands

Predators and Prey:

• Click here to read more on the predators and prey of South Africa's seabirds.

Earthwatch:

• Click here to read more on the African Penguin Earthwatch Programme.

Communication:

• Waders-l and SEABIRD Listservers
• Marine Ornithology, the seabird journal
• BCLME Top Predotors report Final Report of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosytem Top Predators Project
• Rehabilitation of oiled African Penguins: a conservation success story