Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

News from Midway: watch America's first ever Short-tailed Albatross chick get fed

Click here to view the latest pictures of the first Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick on USA soil: on Eastern Island, in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the...
Short-tailed Albatross population on Torishima continues to grow

News is available on the size of the 2010/11 breeding population of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus on Japan's Torishima Island. In December 2010 Hiroshi Hasegawa of the Biology Department, Toho University counted 481 breeding...
First bird back! Good news from the Short-tailed Albatross Translocation Project on Japan's Mukojima Island

Two significant events have taken place on Japan's Mukojima Island in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands this month where attempts are being made to start a new breeding colony of Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus by translocating chicks from...
A real American chick! The Midway Short-tailed Albatrosses hatch their egg

A real American chick! The Midway Short-tailed Albatrosses hatch their egg An important- and hopeful- milestone in the conservation of the threatened Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus was recorded four days ago on 14 January at Midway Atoll...
The Short-tailed Albatross nest fails on Kure Atoll, Hawaii

After close to two months of incubation by both members of a suspected female-female pair (click here), the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus nest on Kure Atoll has failed. Between 23 and 25 December the immature-plumaged bird took over...
All change at Midway's Short-tailed Albatross nest: the female returns to incubate

The following report comes from John Klavitter, Acting Reserve Manager, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. "In the morning of December 1, 2010, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) volunteers checked the...
Another ACAP exclusive, and another Short-tailed Albatross nest in Hawaii

It appears that Hawaii is becoming a hot destination for Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus in 2010. Despite numerous sightings of this species in the Hawaiian Archipelago over the last several decades, there are no records (either...
The Short-tailed Albatross mate returns to its nest on Kure Atoll, Hawaii

After an 18-day incubation stint, the second member of the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair on Kure Atoll, Hawaii returned on 17 November to relieve its mate of incubation duties. For previous information on the Kure Atoll breeding...
The Short-tailed Albatross lays eggs on Kure Atoll, Hawaii

The rarest of the North Pacific albatross species, the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus, has only been documented breeding on islands off Japan, despite increasing sightings of individuals among other albatross colonies in the Hawaiian...
Lots of birds: counting Midway Atoll's breeding Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses

Every year since 2004 volunteers on Hawaii's Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge have counted every albatross nest. This huge task takes three weeks. The latest count, conducted over December 2009 to January 2010, counted Laysan Albatrosses...

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News from Midway: watch America's first ever Short-tailed Albatross chick get fed

Short-tailed Albatross population on Torishima continues to grow

First bird back! Good news from the Short-tailed Albatross Translocation Project on Japan's Mukojima Island

A real American chick! The Midway Short-tailed Albatrosses hatch their egg

The Short-tailed Albatross nest fails on Kure Atoll, Hawaii

All change at Midway's Short-tailed Albatross nest: the female returns to incubate

Another ACAP exclusive, and another Short-tailed Albatross nest in Hawaii

The Short-tailed Albatross mate returns to its nest on Kure Atoll, Hawaii

The Short-tailed Albatross lays eggs on Kure Atoll, Hawaii

Lots of birds: counting Midway Atoll's breeding Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels