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World Albatross Day takes flight

Aotearoa's threatened precious birds need a helping hand to keep flying high.

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Royal Cam star Tiaki leaves the nest as bumper albatross breeding season wraps up

Royal Cam star Tiaki leaves the nest as bumper albatross breeding season wraps up
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Birth of rare albatross chick sparks hope for remote New Zealand colony

Birth of rare albatross chick sparks hope for remote New Zealand colony Eleanor de Jong in Queenstown A sole Antipodean albatross chick born on the remote Chatham Islands has delighted conservationists who hope the bird may usher in the start of a new – and crucial – nesting colony. The Antipodean albatross is classified as “nationally critical” in New Zealand, meaning the birds, the largest on the ocean, are on the brink of extinction, with just 3,000 breeding pairs remaining. The birds only breed in the New Zealand geographic region and, if mating is successful, raise a single chick every two years, meaning regeneration of the fragile population is achingly slow.

New zealandChatham islandsPitt islandNew zealand generalIgor debskiDepartment of conservationபுதியது ஜீலாந்துசாதம் தீவுகள்குழி தீவுபுதியது ஜீலாந்து ஜநரல்ஈகோர் டெப்ஸ்கிதுறை ஆஃப் பாதுகாப்பு

Birth of rare albatross chick sparks hope for remote New Zealand colony

Birth of rare albatross chick sparks hope for remote New Zealand colony
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Hope new Chatham Island albatross colony will keep near-extinct Antipodean species alive

For Igor Debski, principal marine science advisor at the Department of Conservation, this new chick has been years in the making. Birds have been attempting to breed on the Chathams for 20 years but the last chick to be successfully reared was seven years ago, he says. That long wait comes at a crucial time for the species. Antipodean albatross are nationally critical, which means they re near extinction. Since 2005, we ve seen about a 60 percent decline in this species, Debski says. The birds, which are usually reared on the Antipodes Islands, are vulnerable to being caught as bycatch. To help protect the remaining population, DoC is tracking 68 albatross to better understand where they travel, including the new young chick.

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