ACAP is seeking census data and custodians for Southern Giant Petrel breeding sites in Antarctica

A  Southern Giant Petrel downy chick and adult on Bird Island; photograph by Alex Dodds

Do you have any unpublished counts of Southern Giant Petrels at Antarctic breeding sites that ACAP might not be aware of?

Would you consider becoming a database Site Custodian?

Why are we collating the data? The data are used by ACAP to determine trends, identify globally important sites, carry out gap analyses, help determine priorities for data collection or conservation action.

Most of the sites for ACAP species outside the Antarctic Treaty area have a site custodian, but there are very few for the Antarctic breeding sites.

What does a Site Custodian do? Essentially it involves entering any new data on population size each year, and letting ACAP know if there are any substantive changes to site management or protection. So, if you are involved in monitoring of population trends at any of the Antarctic sites for Southern Giant Petrels please consider getting involved

Note that the count data can be from a whole breeding site (usually an island/peninsula) or from a standardised part-site (e.g. sub-colony or study area) counted annually or every few years.

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04 November 2022