New Zealand’s Bird of the Year competition puts the Northern Royal Albatross into the top tenhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/new-zealands-bird-of-the-year-competition-puts-the-northern-royal-albatross-into-the-top-ten

24 September 2026 A Northern Royal Albatross pair, photograph by Chris Robertson The results for BOTY2026 – New Zealand, operated by Forest & Bird, are in. The winner, with 25 601 votes, is the Black Robin Petroica traversi. This Vulnerable species, with an adult...

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BOTY2026-NZ voting starts today: please help crown the Northern Royal Albatross!https://acap.aq/latest-news/boty2026-nz-voting-starts-today-please-help-crown-the-northern-royal-albatross

04 September 2026 A crowned Northern Royal Albatross by Lenina Villela of Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) for the inaugural World Albatross Day on 19 June 2020 Voting for New Zealand’s Bird of the Year 2026 (BOTY, Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau in Te Reo Māori)...

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It’s BOTY time again in New Zealand, and you will be able to vote for the Endangered Northern Royal Albatross!https://acap.aq/latest-news/its-boty-time-again-in-new-zealand-and-you-will-be-able-to-vote-for-the-endangered-northern-royal-albatross

11 August 2026 This year it’s the Northern Royal Albatross asking for your vote It’s Bird of the Year (BOTY, Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau in Te Reo Māori) time again in New Zealand. For the 22nd year since inauguration in 2005, New Zealanders, and the rest of the world,...

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Flesh-footed Shearwaters contain more plastic than just about any seabird studiedhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/flesh-footed-shearwaters-contain-more-plastic-than-just-about-any-seabird-studied

15 April 2026 Removing plastic fragments from a Flesh-footed Shearwater chick on Lord Howe Island, photograph by Ian Hutton Alexander Bond (Bird Group, The Natural History Museum, Tring, United Kingdom) and Jennifer Lavers have published in the journal Environmental...

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No evidence of sex ratio bias in plastic loads of Flesh-footed Shearwater chickshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/no-evidence-of-sex-ratio-bias-in-plastic-loads-of-flesh-footed-shearwater-chicks

28 January 2026 Removing plastic fragments from a Flesh-footed Shearwater stomach, photograph by Ian Hutton Alex Bond (Bird Group, Natural History Museum, Tring, United Kingdom) and colleagues have published open access in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin on a...

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THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. The Convention on Migratory Species considers the Flesh-footed Shearwater for inclusion on its Appendix II. ACAP listing to follow?https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-the-convention-on-migratory-species-considers-the-flesh-footed-shearwater-for-inclusion-on-its-appendix-ii-acap-listing-to-follow

22 December 2025 Flesh-footed Shearwater at sea, photograph by Kirk Zufelt Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) have submitted proposals to add 27 species of procellariiform seabirds to CMS appendices. The proposed...

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A volunteer group in Wales rescues Manx Shearwaters downed by galeshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/a-volunteer-group-in-wales-rescues-manx-shearwaters-downed-by-gales

19 November 2025 listened to a poem specially written for the event by Nicola Davies, the Children's Laureate Wales. Inspired by the Hutton's Shearwater Charitable Trust in New Zealand, the farewell included releasing feathers. Watch a 1.30 minute video clip of the...

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Hutton’s Shearwaters and light pollution from dairy farms - a newly reported threathttps://acap.aq/latest-news/huttons-shearwaters-and-light-pollution-from-dairy-farms-a-newly-reported-threat

14 October 2025 A well-lit Kaikoura dairy farm as cows wait to be milked before dawn What seems to be a previously unidentified threat has been reported for the globally Endangered Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni, a species endemic to the Kaikoura region of New...

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THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE UPDATED. BOTY 2025 is now open for voting. Help crown the Endangered Antipodean Albatross!https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-soon-it-will-be-boty-time-again-and-you-can-help-crown-the-endangered-antipodean-albatross

15 August 2025 An ACAP-listed Antipodean Albatross, artwork by Lenina Villela of Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) for World Albatross Day, 19 June 2020 UPDATE: VOTING IS NOW OPEN UNTIL 17h00 NZST, SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER: VOTE NOW FOR THE ANTIPODEAN ALBATROSS...

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Relief for Kaikōura’s Hutton Shearwaters as LED streetlights will start to be fittedhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/relief-for-kaikouras-hutton-shearwaters-as-led-streetlights-get-fitted

25 March 2025 Victims of bright lights and a vehicle. A Hutton’s Shearwater is killed on a Kaikōura street Shearwaters, and especially their fledglings, are particularly at risk of being downed by light pollution, notably from bright streetlighting, when they can be...

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