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field researchers, currently on Macquarie Island “due to the psycho-social risk to expeditioners of a potential H5 avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak” (click here). The media release continues “Macquarie Island is home to large elephant seal...
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showing that older Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis are more likely to succumb to Highly Pathogenetic Avian Influenza (HPAI) than are younger birds. The implications for long-lived ACAP albatrosses and petrels warrant study, as the following texts...
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A Northern Giant Petrel chick close to fledging on New Zealand’s Auckland Island, photograph by Colin O'Donnell Highly Pathogenetic Avia Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli from the southeastern corner of...
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and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) updates the occurrence of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in Australia and New Zealand. Notably, 17 infected ACAP-listed giant petrels (Macronectes sp.) have been reported from the...
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Black-browed Albatrosses breeding on Steeple Jason. The bird centre front has died from Highly Pathogenetic Avian Influenza, photograph by Alastair Baylis Long-term seabird monitoring programme has been undertaken on several important seabird species...
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will be Avian Disease Ecology: Combining Avian Ecology and Onehealth to Understand and Mitigate Disease. “The ongoing avian influenza pandemic has devastated wild bird populations across the globe and exemplifies the urgency of advancing our...
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New Zealand has two confirmed detections of H5 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H5 bird flu), with no further detections of H5 bird flu since 17 July 2026. There is no evidence of any mass mortality in wildlife and has been no detection in poultry,...
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years, with the lowest breeding success being in 2024 possibly due to the devastating effects of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak. In January 2026, we went on a quest to locate all the Walbie eggs on the island … and after ~500 km...
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The first positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in New Zealand has put the country on full alert A Subantarctic or Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica found on Petone Beach, Wellington, has returned a positive test for Highly Pathogenic Avian...
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has reached the Australian mainland. At least four giant petrels Macronectes spp. and a Brown or Subantarctic Skua Catharacta antarctica found dead on Australian beaches in Western Australia, South Australia and...
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