Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Short-tailed Albatross to get a new five-year status review

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is initiating a five-year status review of the globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus in terms of the US Endangered Species Act (ESA). A five-year status review is based on...
UPDATED. George and Geraldine are back! Midway’s Short-tailed Albatross pair return for a new breeding season

UPDATE: As of 13 November, Midway's Short-tailed Albatross pair is incubating a new egg. ********************************************* On 23 October this year two globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus were seen back on...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine fledge the first documented chick from Midway Atoll’s Sand Island

“George” and “Geraldine”, a pair of globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus, that have been attempting to breed on Sand Island in the USA’s Midway Atoll are thought to have fledged their first chick this year – and the first...
UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway’s Short-tailed Albatrosses, have hatched their first egg

“George” and “Geraldine”, a pair of globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus, returned to Sand Island in the USA’s Midway Atoll in the north Pacific in October last year (click here). Since then the pair laid an egg which...
Single Short-tailed Albatross pairs return to Midway and Kure Atolls in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

“George” and “Geraldine”, a pair of globally Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus, returned to Sand Island in the USA’s Midway Atoll in the north Pacific on October 24 and October 25 this year, respectively, thereafter reported as...

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Short-tailed Albatross to get a new five-year status review

UPDATED. George and Geraldine are back! Midway’s Short-tailed Albatross pair return for a new breeding season

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine fledge the first documented chick from Midway Atoll’s Sand Island

UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway’s Short-tailed Albatrosses, have hatched their first egg

Single Short-tailed Albatross pairs return to Midway and Kure Atolls in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

Short-tailed Albatross to get a new five-year status review

UPDATED. George and Geraldine are back! Midway’s Short-tailed Albatross pair return for a new breeding season

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine fledge the first documented chick from Midway Atoll’s Sand Island

UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway’s Short-tailed Albatrosses, have hatched their first egg

Single Short-tailed Albatross pairs return to Midway and Kure Atolls in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels