Regular readers of ACAP Latest News will know of Wisdom the 60-something Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis , the oldest known albatross in the World ( click here ). Wisdom, a female first banded on the USA’s Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge...
Wisdom, a female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis who is at least 64 years old ( click here ) laid her latest egg on 28 November on USA’s Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge . Her mate since at least 2012 (“Mr Goo”, named after his...
Wisdom, a female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis who is at least 65 years old has hatched her latest egg on 1 February on the USA’s Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (well actually her partner had been incubating since 20 January when the...
She’s back! ACAP Latest News has mentioned the World’s oldest known bird in no less than 25 news items over the last five years. Now back on Midway Atoll at an estimated age of 66, Wisdom the Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis just keeps going...
The passing of Chandler Seymour ‘Chan’ Robbins (17 July 1918 - 20 March 2017) this week is a sad loss to ornithology Chandler Robbins’ long career (he lived to 98 years of age and worked well into his retirement years as a volunteer with the U.S....
Regular readers of ACAP Latest News will not be surprised to hear that as ACAP’s honorary Information Officer I have a good collection of books on procellariiform seabirds in my personal library – helpful as I research articles for the ACAP website....
Wisdom, a female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis considered to be at least 67 years old based on her band history, has returned once more to Midway Atoll in the North Pacific. “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge staff spotted Wisdom and her...
At an estimated 67 years of age, Wisdom the globally Near Threatened Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis , the world’s oldest known breeding bird, hatched her latest egg ( click here ) on 6 February this year. Wisdom and her mate Akeakamai of 12...
Maria Gill and Gavin Mouldey have produced a children’s book telling the story of Toroa, the 500th Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi chick to hatch on Taiaroa Head , New Zealand’s mainland breeding site on South Island. ACAP Latest News has...
Wisdom, the famous Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis who is the world’s oldest known wild bird, has returned once more to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the USA’s North Western Hawaiian Islands to commence the 2018/19 breeding season....
Wisdom, the Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis who is the world’s oldest known wild bird, has returned once more to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the USA’s North Western Hawaiian Islands for the 2018/19 breeding season. She was...
The first World Albatross Day is set to be celebrated on 19 June next year following support expressed by ACAP, as it aligns well with the aim of giving the Agreement greater visibility to address the conservation crisis facing albatrosses and petrels...
Five artists who have depicted albatrosses in their outputs come together to support next year’s inaugural World Albatross Day on 19 June. Examples of their works and their statements in support of World Albatross Day follow. Kitty Harvill “I fell in...
Wisdom, a female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis and the world's oldest known banded wild bird, has returned to the USA’s Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Pacific. She is now considered to be at least 69 years old – but...
