Download or read book Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea Epomorpha Epomorpha Census on Campbell Island 4 January 6 February 1996 and a Review of Population Figures written by P. J. Moore and published by . This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Zealand Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preliminary Results of a Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea Epomorpha Epomorpha Census Campbell Island 12 January 10 February 1995 written by P. J. Moore and published by . This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toroa written by Te Aorere Riddell and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the Toroa - the Royal Albatross - and learn about this amazing bird.'With a wingspan of three metres, the Toroa, or Royal Albatross, can fly up to 115 km an hour. The Toroa lives for over 60 years, and spends 87 % of its long life at sea. 'Every year, the albatross covers a distance of more than 190,000 km. This is equivalent to driving the entire length of New Zealand 84 times.' Meet this amazing bird - an important part of New Zealand's heritage - and discover how we can conserve it as a legacy for the future.Indexed and scientifically accurate with stunning photographs and illustrations this book is the perfect gift or school project tool.

Download or read book Royal Albatross Diomedea Epomophora on Enderby Island Auckland Islands written by Simon Childerhouse and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Southern Royal Albatross on Campbell Island Motu Ihupuku written by P. J. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over 35 000 southern royal albatrosses (Diomedea epomophora; toroa) were banded on subantarctic Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku between the 1940s and 1990s. The banding has had an unfortunate side effect, with an unacceptable number of birds being injured by their bands. To remedy this, it was decided that bands would be removed from most birds on the island. From 2004 to 2008, the island was searched annually for royal albatrosses, including in previously defined study and index count areas. Any bands found were removed and injuries were treated. During these searches, 2882 banded birds were found. Of these, 72 (2.5%) had major injuries, 8.5% had minor injuries and 12% had open bands (=> 3 mm) with the potential to cause future injuries. The majority of major and minor injuries were to males because their larger legs had made closing the bands problematic. Injury rates were highest from birds banded in the 1960s and 1970s (particularly 1979), when poor banding practice combined with the tendency of the large R bands to spring open. At Col and Moubray study areas, the aim was to replace bands, and new 1.25 mm-thick stainless steel bands were trialled. R bands were found to be reliable for use on females when closed with an improved technique, but larger and springier RA bands were rejected for males because some opened > 3 mm and one re-banded bird was injured. Males at Col were subsequently marked with transponders to retain their marking history. The search for bands provided an opportunity for a census, and the composite total of 7855 nests found, or an estimated 8300-8700 breeding pairs at the beginning of the breeding season, represents a levelling in the royal albatross population on Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku since the last census in 1995. Numbers of albatrosses in the study and index areas were stable (one area) or had declined (four areas) since the late 1990s and breeding success also decreased from 79% to 68% at Col Study Area. These data suggest conditions are currently less favourable for southern royal albatrosses"--Page 1.