The ACAP Species Summary Series gets completed with nine petrels and shearwaters

The illustrated Species Summaries have been produced to help inform the public, including school learners, of the biology and conservation needs of the 31 ACAP-listed albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters.  They serve to complement the more detailed and referenced ACAP Species Assessments, and the still incomplete Photo Essay and Infographic series.

The 22 albatross summaries were originally produced to inform members of Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) who produced artworks to support World Albatross Day 2020.  They have been produced in in the three ACAP official languages of English, French and Spanish.

Similarly, summaries in English for the nine ACAP-listed petrels and shearwaters were used to accompany ABUN paintings in 2021 for a project entitled “Painting Petrels in Peril”.  These nine accounts are now available from here in English, completing the series.  Preparation of French and Spanish versions are currently underway and will be added soon.

The English versions also may be found via original posts in ACAP Latest News by clicking on the links below.

Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes hall
Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer & Bree Forrer, ACAP Communications Advisor, 25 May 2022