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Title:

'Soaked' Cape Gannets at Ichaboe Island, Namibia

Author(s):
du Toit M, Bartlett PA
Publication Year:
2001
Abstract:

Ichaboe Island (26°17'S, 14°56'E) is a 6.5 ha island situated c. 48 km north of Lüderitz on the Namib coast, and is approximately 1.4 km offshore. The breeding colony of Cape Gannets Morus capensis at Ichaboe, one of only six worldwide (BirdLife International 2000), decreased from 144 000 in 1956 to 16 453 in 1999 (du Toit 2001).

Publication Title:

Bird Numbers

Volume:
10
Issue:
2
Pages:
8-9
Item Type:
Journal Article
Language:
en
Keywords:
ornithology, bird, avifauna, bird species
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