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title: "Re-launched journal Seabird publishes on giant petrel identification"
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# Re-launched journal Seabird publishes on giant petrel identification

  *Seabird* (ISSN 1757-5842) is the newly re-launched annual journal of the [Seabird Group](https://acap.aq/www.seabirdgroup.org.uk) (see [http://www.acap.aq/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=58](https://acap.aq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=58) for its previous publication history).

  *Seabird* publishes papers on seabird biology, conservation, identification and status, with an emphasis on the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas.  Guidelines for contributors may be found at [www.seabirdgroup.org.uk](http://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/).

  Volume 21 of 2008 carries an illustrated paper on the identification of Southern *Macronectes giganteus* and Northern *M. halli* Giant Petrels by Caio Carlos of Brazil and Jean-Francois Voisin of France.  Both birds are ACAP-listed species ([click here](https://acap.aq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=58) for the ACAP Species Assessment of the Southern Giant Petrel).

**Reference** 

Carlos, C.J. & Voisin, J.-F. 2008.  Identifying giant petrels, *Macronectes giganteus* and *M. halli*, in the field and in the hand.  *Seabird* 21: 1-15.

*Posted by John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, with information from Martin Heubeck, Editor,*Seabird*.  15 March 2009*