annual report - The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
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Photo Credit: Hadoram Shirihai<br />
<strong>The</strong> first Fiji petrel to be photographed at sea, May 2009<br />
FIJI PETREL<br />
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi<br />
Critically Endangered<br />
Fiji<br />
$20,000<br />
Red List Justification<br />
Given the paucity of recent records, it<br />
is estimated that there is only a tiny<br />
population confined to a very small breeding<br />
area.<br />
FIJI PETREL<br />
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi<br />
UNTIL 1984, ThE SPECIES WAS kNOWN FROM ONLy A<br />
SINGLE MUSEUM SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN 1855. DATA<br />
FROM LANDED PETRELS hAVE SINCE BEEN GAThERED IN<br />
2005, 2007 AND 2009. IN 2009 FIVE OR SIx INDIVIDUALS<br />
WERE RECORDED AT SEA DURING A MISSION TO LOCATE<br />
ThE SPECIES. SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAy TO<br />
LOCATE ThEIR BREEDING GROUND AND NESTING BURROWS<br />
USING VARIOUS METhODS INCLUDING ThE EMPLOyMENT OF<br />
SPECIALLy TRAINED WILDLIFE SEARCh DOGS.<br />
Photo Credit: Eleazar O’Conner<br />
Using a burrow scope to investigate a Collared<br />
petrel burrow<br />
ANNUAL REPORT 2010 PAGE 63
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