Great shearwaters ardenna gravis in the eastern indian ocean: A photo-documented record and summary of recent sightings

• Main Authors: Aymeric Fromant, K Delord, M Quintin
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Ornithology; Zoology; eastern Indian Ocean; extra-limital occurrence; Great Shearwater; Ardenna gravis; Indian; Amsterdam Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10779/DRO/DU:20720818.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Great_shearwaters_ardenna_gravis_in_the_eastern_indian_ocean_A_photo-documented_record_and_summary_of_recent_sightings/20720818

A Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis, observed and photographed off Amsterdam Island, on 2 February 2017, was a rare but not exclusive sighting of this species from the eastern Indian Ocean. We summarize the occurrence of this species in the southern Indian Ocean based on surveys conducted during the period 1985–2017.