First stranding record of a Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) on the island of Barbuda, Eastern Caribbean

Authors

  • Wojtek Bachara P.O. Box 555, 05-120 Legionowo
  • Martha Watkins Gilkes P.O. Box W1924
  • Jaime Bolaños-Jiménez A.C. Sea Vida. A.P. 162, Cagua, Estado Aragua, 2122
  • Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni Puerto Rico Manatee Conservation Center, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 500 Carr. John Will Harris, Bayamón 00957, Puerto Rico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/00245

Keywords:

STRANDING

Abstract

Cuvier's beaked whale is the most cosmopolitan of the beaked whales and is found in all oceans except in the high polar waters. This species is known from over 1800 strandings. In the Caribbean strandings are rare, and we present a first record from Antigua and Barbuda.

Author Biography

Wojtek Bachara, P.O. Box 555, 05-120 Legionowo

Ziphiid consultant

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Published

2019-02-21

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Vol. 13 No. 1-2 (2018)

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