Story: Albatrosses

More links and websites

• Action plan for seabird conservation in New Zealand. Part A: threatened seabirds

  This online article in PDF format (236 pages, 1.89 MB) by Graeme A. Taylor is part of the Department of Conservation’s series on threatened species.

• Agreement on the conservation of albatrosses and petrels

  The agreement outlined in this website aims to lead an international effort to conserve these birds, many of which are among the most threatened birds in the world.

• New Zealand Birds Online

  This website contains detailed information on all New Zealand bird species, including extinct and fossil species, searchable by name. It also contains a photographic key to guide bird identification.

• Royal Albatross Centre – Otago Peninsula

  Information on the royal albatross colony at Taiaroa Head, near Dunedin, including background information about the species, and regular updates on current activity at the colony.

• Seabirds

  This page from WWF – New Zealand gives information about threats to New Zealand albatrosses, and measures to protect them.

More suggestions and sources

• Brooke, Michael. Albatrosses and petrels across the world. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Marchant, J., and P. J. Higgins. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol. 1, Ratites to ducks. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1990.
• Tickell, W. L. N. Albatrosses. Sussex: Pica, 2000.
• Warham, John. The behaviour, population biology and physiology of the petrels. London: Academic, 1996.
• Warham, John. The petrels: their ecology and breeding systems. London: Academic, 1990.