SEABIRD BYCATCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE UPDATED AUGUST 2015 2 How to Use This Guide
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SEABIRD BYCATCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE UPDATED AUGUST 2015 2 How to use this guide 1. Identify the bird • Start by looking at its bill - size and position of nostrils as shown on pages 6-9 to decide if it’s an albatross, a petrel or another group. • If it’s an albatross, use the keys and photos on pages 10-13, to identify the bird to a particular species (or to the 2 or 3 species that it might be), and go to the page specified to confirm the identification. If it’s a petrel, use the key on pages 14-15 , then go to the page as directed. If it’s a shearwater, look at pages 66-77. 2. Record Record your identification in the logbook choosing one of the FAO codes, or a combination of codes from the list on pages 96-99. 3. Take photos Take three photos of the bird as shown on pages 78-81 and submit with the logbook. 4. Sample feathers If a sampling programme is in place, pluck some feathers for DNA analysis as shown on pages 82-83. SEABIRD BYCATCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE 3 Contents How to use this guide 2 Measuring bill and wing length 4 Albatross, Petrel or other seabird? 6 Bill guide 8 Albatross key 10 Diomedea albatross key 12 Juvenile/Immature Thalassarche key 13 Petrel key 14 North Pacific Albatrosses 16 - 21 Waved Albatross 22 Phoebetria albatrosses (light-mantled and sooty) 24 - 27 Royal albatrosses 28 - 29 ‘Wandering-type’ albatrosses 30 - 37 Thalassarche albatrosses 38 - 51 Juvenile/Immature Thalassarche albatrosses 52 - 53 Giant petrels 54 - 55 Procellaria petrels 56 - 61 Other Petrels 62 - 65 Shearwaters 66 - 77 Data collection protocols - taking photos 78 Data collection protocols - examples of photos 80 Data collection protocols - feather samples for DNA analysis 82 Leg Bands 84 References 88 Your feedback 91 Hook Removal from Seabirds 92 Albatross species list 96 Petrel and Shearwater species list 98 4 Measuring Bill & Wing Length BILL LENGTH WING LENGTH 10 20 Ruler 30 (mm) 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 6 Albatross, Petrel, Shearwater Albatrosses Page 10 Separate nostrils. Petrels Page 14 Fused nostrils on top of short, thick based bill. SEABIRD BYCATCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE 7 Or Other Seabird? Shearwaters Page 66-70 Fused nostrils on top of long slender bill. Other seabirds (skuas, gulls, gannets) No separate or fused tubes, just nasal cavities instead. Capep etrel Wanderinga lbatross Wanderinga lbatross West landp etrel Royala lbatross White -chin nedp etrel 8 Bill guide Albatrosses From Australian Fisheries Management Authority. 2013. Seabird ID Guide for commercial fisheries in southern Australia, modified from Simpson & Day (1995) and Slater (1970). 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- - - c c n t t a - - p p a f ai - - hi s s w t t e Grey-headed albatross - - h h t t t l White-chinned petrel o t - l l a a - c e e t a a - p i i r r s s e e - s t es es - h t C C t t g g e e l a Flesh-footed shearwater o o e e e a i i i r s e Black-browed albatross W W l l r r es d d W W C t g e h h o e i F F e e G G W l r Sh Sh d W h W W F e G W W Sh W W Grey-headed albatross Flesh-footed shearwater SEABIRD BYCATCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE 9 Petrels Black-browed albatross Buller’s albatross Grey-headed albatross Great-winged petrel Yellow-nosed albatross Buller’s albatross Flesh-footed shearwater Great-winged petrel Yellow-nosed albatross Cape Petrel Great-winged White-chinned Petrel Petrel Northern giant Petrel s s s s s s s s s s o o s o o r r s r r o t t o t t r a a r t a a t b b a b b l l a s s l l b a a b l s s a a s l a d d Giant Petrel o o s a Wedge-tailed shearwater Buller’s albatross d d r r e e d o t t e e d s s r e a a d d t e o o s b b a a a d n n l l o e e b a a a n l h h e Great-winged petrel w- w- y y - - a h y y h h w- lo lo y Yellow-nosed albatross - e e l l Shy albatross S S Giant Petrel y h Wedge-tailed shearwater r r lo e e e l S Y Y G G r e Y G Shy albatross Shearwaters Short-tailed shearwater Short-tailed shearwater Giant Petrel Giant Petrel Wedge-tailed shearwater Wedge-tailed Shearwater Short-tailed Shearwater Giant Petrel Shy albatross Wilson’s storm petrel Wilson’s storm petrel Short-tailed shearwater Giant Petrel Giant Petrel Giant Petrel Wilson’s storm petrel Giant Petrel s s s s s o o s r r o t t s s r a a s s t s b b o o a l l s r r b a a o t t l r a a a g g t b b a n n l l g i i s s b a a r r n s s l i s l l e e o o a r s a a r r d d l e o t t y y n n a r d a a o o t a a y n b b R R a o l l a W W b a a R l W a s s s s Wandering Wandering s o o s s s Wandering r r s s o t t l l l l l l s r o o a a e e e e e e s t l l l r r r r r r r r b b o t t a e e e l l t t t t t t r a a r r r b a a e e e e e e t l t t t b b a P P P P P P l l a e e e d d b t t t t t t a a e e P P P l d s s t t t a w w e ’ ’ an an an an an an i i i i i i r r s w ’ ro ro an an an G G G G G G i i i r le le b b l l ro G G G - - le b l k k - Bu Bu c c k a a Bu c l l a B B l B 10 Albatross key Observed North of the equator Yellow bill >130mm, green tip, white head with yellow/buff crown/nape Mostly black bill, dark head Pink or flesh coloured bill >154mm, dark cutting edge Pink or flesh coloured bill >135mm, with or without dark cutting edge, brown or white head Orange bill, red tip, white head Mostly black bill, yellow upper ridge only Mostly black bill, yellow upper and lower ridges Yellow or grey bill, white or grey head Other SEABIRD BYCATCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE 11 Observed North Phoebastria of the equator North Pacific Albatrosses Pages 16-21 Yellow bill >130mm, green tip, white head with Waved Albatross Page 22 yellow/buff crown/nape Phoebetria Mostly black bill, dark head Sooty Albatrosses Pages 24-27 Pink or flesh coloured Diomedea bill >154mm, dark cutting edge Royal Albatrosses Page 28 Pink or flesh coloured bill >135mm, with or without dark cutting edge, Diomedea Key Page 12 brown or white head Orange bill, red tip, Thalassarche white head Black-browed Albatrosses Page 38 Mostly black bill, yellow upper ridge only Yellow-nosed Albatrosses Page 40 Mostly black bill, yellow Grey-headed Albatross Page 42 upper and lower ridges OR Buller’s Albatross Page 44 Yellow or grey bill, white or grey head Adult ‘Shy type’ Albatrosses Pages 46-51 Other Juvenile Thalassarche Key Pages 13, 52-53 12 Diomedea Albatross Key Bill >156 mm, dark cutting edge Southern or Northern Royal Albatross Page 28 Bill <154 mm, dark cutting edge Amsterdam Albatross Page 30 Bill ≥155 mm, no dark cutting edge Wandering Albatross Page 32 Bill ≤155 mm, no dark cutting edge Pacific Ocean Antipodean Albatross Page 34 Bill ≤150 mm, no dark cutting edge Atlantic or Indian Ocean Tristan Albatross Page 36 SEABIRD BYCATCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE 13 Juvenile/Immature Thalassarche Key Modified from Kiyota M and Minami H.