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| Title: | African Penguins Spheniscus Demersus Along The Kwazulu-Natal Coast, 1981–1999 |
| Authors: | Whittington, P.A.
Underhill, L.G.
Esmonde-White, D.A.
Wilkinson, C.P. |
| ASFA Terms: | Marine mammals |
| Issue Date: | 1999 |
| Citation: | Marine Ornithology, 27, p. 111-113 |
| Abstract: | The African Penguin is rare east of Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ninety-nine penguins were found
onshore along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal in 1981–1999, mostly in a state of starvation. Of these, 77%
were between June and October during, and immediately after, the ‘sardine run’ of Sardine Sardinops sagax;
95% of birds that were aged were first-year birds; 96% were in the southern half of KwaZulu-Natal, south
of Mtunzini (29°S) where the sardine run is strongest. The observations suggest that juvenile penguins from
the nearest breeding colonies, in Algoa Bay, are drawn eastwards by the migrating Sardines; when these
shoals dissipate, a lack of food leads to them coming ashore. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/425 |
| ISSN: | 1018-3337 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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