Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

The translocated Short-tailed Albatrosses on Mukojima have produced their first egg!

The site where Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks have been translocated to Japan's Mukojima Island over the last five years is kept under watch by a satellite-linked remote camera operated by NHK, a Japanese broadcasting company. The...
Now we just need a male. Two female Short-tailed Albatrosses lay eggs in the same nest on Kure Atoll for the third year in a row

There have been four Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus observed on Kure Atoll in the North Western Hawaiian Islands since the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) held its first winter field camp on the island...
Hawaiian Birds of the Sea Nā Manu Kai by Robert Shallenberger: a review

The USA's Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific support breeding populations of three ACAP-listed seabirds, all albatrosses of the genus Phoebastria. Two of these species, the Black-footed P. nigripes and the Laysan P. immutabilis, have by far the...
News from the North Pacific: Laysan Albatrosses in pick-up trucks and on golf courses and a third Short-tailed Albatross visits the female-female pair on Kure Atoll

Not all the information on albatrosses and petrels that comes ACAP's way is perhaps worthy of its own story in ACAP Latest News. So from time to time I will run intriguing items of news together into a single story. Today's comes from the North Pacific...
UPDATED: Midway Atoll's Short-tailed Albatross pair has an egg for the second year

Following its successful breeding last season on Eastern Island, Midway Atoll the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair is back this month, with the male currently incubating. Visit "Pete at Midway"·to see a photo of the male on its egg...
Two Short-tailed Albatrosses start breeding on Kure Atoll, Hawaii for the second year, but once more both are females

The rarest of the three North Pacific albatross species, the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus has until last year only been documented breeding successfully on islands off Japan, despite increasing sightings of individuals amongst other...
SECOND UPDATE: Hawaii's Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses suffered heavy losses in last week's tsunami

LATEST INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS **16 March: For more information and photographs on the effects of the tsunami on the albatrosses of Midway Atoll click here and visit Pete Leary's blog Pete at Midway. **18 March: Visit...
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...

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The translocated Short-tailed Albatrosses on Mukojima have produced their first egg!

Now we just need a male. Two female Short-tailed Albatrosses lay eggs in the same nest on Kure Atoll for the third year in a row

Hawaiian Birds of the Sea Nā Manu Kai by Robert Shallenberger: a review

News from the North Pacific: Laysan Albatrosses in pick-up trucks and on golf courses and a third Short-tailed Albatross visits the female-female pair on Kure Atoll

UPDATED: Midway Atoll's Short-tailed Albatross pair has an egg for the second year

Two Short-tailed Albatrosses start breeding on Kure Atoll, Hawaii for the second year, but once more both are females

SECOND UPDATE: Hawaii's Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses suffered heavy losses in last week's tsunami

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 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