At-sea tracking of Northern Royal Albatross fledglings from Taiaroa Head/Pukekura

At-sea tracking of Northern Royal Albatross fledglings from Taiaroa Head/Pukekura

Update from NZ DOC Royal Cam Ranger Sharyn Broni (Nov 20):

Today's GPS tag update of juvenile toroa [Northern Royal Albatroses Diomedea sanfordi] from Pukekura tagged 25th of September and 5th of October 2024.  They fledged between the 27th of September to the 14th of October 2024.

Thanks to the generous donations on the Otago Peninsula Trusts give-a-little page we can share the tracking of 10 juveniles including the orphaned Top of Bluff Track. The orphan is now well over 4000 km from Pukekura in the mid Southern Pacific Ocean.

The starting point was at Pukekura, Dunedin, New Zealand and they have travelled across the south Pacific Ocean to the waters of South America.  They will not make landfall until they return to Pukekura in 4 to 10 years’ time.  The five males and five females were 230 to 264 days old at fledging.  The distance across Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa | Pacific Ocean, is over 9000 km.

Taken from the Albatross Lovers Facebook page.

20 November 2024