de Boer, M.N., Saulino, J.T.2017Bulletin of the African Bird Club24 (2), 192-203. 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.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.2013041820140525ground conditionCompleteNone plannedGhana-3.57975-1.757854.923153.89815 NoneMarine Animal SurveyMarine BiologySeabirdsVisual SightingVesselNoneGhanaIvorycoastTaxon coveredseabirdsIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical address

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Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassAvesOrderProcellariiformesFamilyProcellariidaeGenusCalonectrisSpeciesCalonectris diomedeaGenusPuffinusSpeciesPuffinus griseusSpeciesPuffinus puffinusFamilyHydrobatidaeGenusHydrobatesSpeciesHydrobates leucorhousSubfamilyOceanitinaeGenusOceanitesSpeciesOceanites oceanicusOrderCharadriiformesFamilyLaridaeGenusChlidoniasSpeciesChlidonias nigerGenusSternaSpeciesSterna hirundoGenusThalasseusSpeciesThalasseus maximusGenusXemaSpeciesXema sabiniFamilyStercorariidaeGenusStercorariusSpeciesStercorarius longicaudusSpeciesStercorarius maccormickiSpeciesStercorarius pomarinusOrderPhaethontiformesFamilyPhaethontidaeGenusPhaethonSpeciesPhaethon lepturusOrderSuliformesFamilySulidaeGenusSulaSpeciesSula leucogaster Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details. 1. Not to use data obtained from OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without proper attribution to the original data provider(s) and OBIS-SEAMAP unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Citations or credits are suggested as attribution. If the data you downloaded come from multiple datasets, a citation or credit to each of the datasets is required. Suggested citation for this dataset: Suggested citation for OBIS-SEAMAP: Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115 2. To forward the citation of any publication / report that made use of the data / tools provided by OBIS-SEAMAP for inclusion in our list of references. 3. Not to hold OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers liable for errors in the data. While we have made every effort to ensure the quality of the database, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these datasets. 4. The burden for determining fitness for use of the downloaded data for any analyses lies entirely with the user. OBIS-SEAMAP or the original data providers do not support outcomes of your analyses that used the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP. 5. To consider inclusion of the accompanying transect (effort) dataset if available into the methodology of your analyses. 6. Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy. Marijke de BoerWageningen Marine Research, University of Wageningen mailing and physical address 1780 AB Den HelderThe Netherlands unknownmarijkedeboer@hotmail.com Marijke N. de Boer Relational database de Boer, M.N., Saulino, J.T.2017vector digital dataBulletin of the African Bird Club24 (2), 192-203.de Boer, M.N., Saulino, J.T.2015vector digital dataBulletin of the African Bird Club22 (1): 74-77.de Boer, M2019Version 1.0.0vector digital dataOBIS-SEAMAP2022https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2022OBIS-SEAMAPhttps://doi.org/10.82144/fdad4556Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach2009Oceanography22(2):104-115 All attributes were measured and recorded during the survey and validated by the data provider. Permissible values for date and time and coordinates were validated by the data provider and the OBIS-SEAMAP data manager. Species identification by the data provider was matched with Integrated Taxonomic Information System. All observation records are included.Data were put through the OBIS-SEAMAP data registration steps.20191014Point 1e-051e-05Decimal degrees D_WGS_1984WGS_1984 6378137.000000298.257224 Biogeographic dataBiogeographic dataNot applicableoidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)Data providerUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)date_timeDate and time at local time zoneData provider2013-04-18 11:29:002014-05-25 14:28:00datetime_utcDate and time at UTCData provider2013-04-18 11:29:002014-05-25 14:28:00speciesSpecies nameData providerSpecies namesp_tsnTaxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAPData provider174553824142numberGroup sizeData provider140observerThe name of the observer who first sighted the animalData providerThe name of the observer who first sighted the animallatitudeLatitude in decimal degreesData provider3.8981504.923150longitudeLongitude in decimal degreesData provider-3.579750-1.757850countryCountryData providerCountrynotesNotesData providerNotesgeomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPData providerGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAPThis section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.Marijke de Boer Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ. OBIS-SEAMAP mailing and physical address

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