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First record of Highly Pathogenetic Avian Influenza in an ACAP-listed species in New Zealand
A Northern Giant Petrel chcik 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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An update from OFFLU on High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in Australia and New Zealand
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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Annual Report summarizing the Seabird Monitoring Programme for the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas* is released for 2025/2026
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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The BOU 2027 annual conference has the theme of avian disease ecology - and seabirds will be included
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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An update on High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in New Zealand
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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How did Wandering Albatrosses fare on Marion Island in the 2024/25 breeding season?
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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Inexorable spread? Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza confirmed in New Zealand today
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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Beached giant petrels confirm Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has reached the Australian mainland
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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Presence of the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus detected on Gough Island in the South Atlantic
for World Albatross Day 2026; after photographs by Chris Jones and Laurie Smaglick Johnson The high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus has now been publicly reported from Gough Island, a World Heritage Site, in the South Atlantic, following its...
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ACAP’s 15th Meeting of its Advisory Committee hears Working Group reports on Day Two
Matters covered included population trends, IUCN Red List review, pollutants and marine debris, High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza, and climate change South African delegates and observers Thando Cebekhulu, Azwianewi Makhado, Andrea Angel and Makhudu...
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