First confirmed African record of Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata

A Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata was observed and photographed 33 km offshore of Durban, South Africa (at 30.040 degrees S, 31.346 degrees E), on 11 November 2018. The only other reports of this species in Africa or the western Indian Ocean are unconfirmed and are from off southern Mozambique, dated November 1987 and December 1990. We believe that the size of the Durban bird distinguishes it from the very similar but smaller Beck's Petrel P. becki.