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Guidelines for working with albatrosses and petrels during H5N1 avian influenza outbreak
Directives pour les activités auprès d'albatros et de pétrels pendant l’épidémie d’influenza aviaire H5N1
Directrices para trabajar con albatros y petreles durante influenza aviar H5N1
Updated November 2023.
Save the date: IAPC7 - Thursday, 23 May 2024 - Q&A session and wet lab training for working with albatrosses and petrels during the on-going high pathogenicity H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM. It will be a hybrid event. More information on: https://www.islas.org.mx/iapc7/
Reserva la fecha: IAPC7 - Jueves, 23 de mayo 2024- Sesión de preguntas y respuestas y entrenamiento practico para trabajar con albatros y petreles durante el brote de gripe aviar HPAI H5N1, de 1:30 PM a 6:00 PM. Será un evento híbrido. Más información en: https://www.islas.org.mx/iapc7/
You can register for virtual attendance at the following link, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WK4tlr6ARIKnVTSPRSFHBw.
Notifications of HPAI outbreaks to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in Procellariiformes (updated 29 April 2024). ACAP Parties are marked in blue.
Summary of HPAI H5N1 detections in Procellariiformes (updated 29 April 2024)
| Species | Site | Date | Latitude | Longitude | |
| Northern Giant Petrel1 | Macronectes halli | St Helena Bay, South Africa | 16/09/2021 | -32.74 | 17.99 |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Silverstroomstrand, South Africa | 12/11/2021 | -33.59 | 18.36 |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Cape Town, South Africa | 15/10/2021 | -33.87 | 18.49 |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | St. John's, Canada | 11/05/2022 | 47.59 | -52.70 |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Isle of Rum, UK | 07/04/2022 | 57.00 | -6.33 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Opinan, UK | 19/09/2022 | 57.68 | -5.78 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Dornoch, UK | 21/09/2022 | 57.87 | -4.01 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Opinan, UK | 31/10/2022 | 57.68 | -5.78 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | San Luis Obispo, USA | 13/12/2022 | 35.29 | -120.66 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Dartmouth, Canada | 01/01/2023 | 44.66 | -63.55 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | St. John's, Canada | 01/01/2023 | 47.59 | -52.7 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Sable Island, Canada | 16/02/2023 | 43.93 | -59.9 |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Itanhaém, Brazil | 09/03/2023 | -24.25 | -46.89 |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | At sea near Putu, Chile | 25/03/2023 | -35.16 | -72.61 |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Playa Chica Cartagena, Chile | 01/04/2023 | -33.55 | -71.61 |
| Black-browed Albatross1 | Thalassarche melanophris | Colaco, Chile | 20/04/2023 | -41.78 | -73.52 |
| Southern Giant Petrel1 | Macronectes giganteus | Playa Guanaqueros, Chile | 27/04/2023 | -30.20 | -71.43 |
| Waved Albatross1 | Phoebastria irrorata | Playa Las Gaviotas, Peru | 22/05/2023 | -8.49 | -78.86 |
| Sooty Shearwater2 | Ardenna grisea | Puerto Santa, Peru | 22/06/2023 | -9.00 | -78.65 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Whitehaven, UK | 13/07/2023 | 54.56 | -3.56 |
| Peruvian Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides garnotii | Antofagasta, Chile | 27/07/2023 | -23.63 | -70.40 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Norway) | 09/08/2023 | 78.23 | 15.72 |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Pichilemu, Chile | 10/08/2023 | -34.39 | -72.02 |
| Short-tailed Shearwater2 | Ardenna tenuirostris | North Slope Borough, Alaska (USA) | 25/08/2023 | 71.29 | -156.78 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Suðuroyarbanki, Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 05/09/2023 | 61.56 | -6.06 |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Itanhaém, Brazil | 06/09/2023 | -24.20 | -46.81 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Nólsoy, Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 13/09/2023 | 62.01 | -6.67 |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Bertioga, Brazil | 13/09/2023 | -23.78 | -45.95 |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Disko Bay, Greenland (Denmark) | 14/09/2023 | 68.938 | -52.457 |
| Waved Albatross1,2 |
Phoebastria irrorata | Moche, Peru | 25/09/2023 | -8.17 | -79.03 |
| Peruvian Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides garnotii | Mejillones, Chile | 25/09/2023 | -23.09 | -70.44 |
| Waved Albatross1 | Phoebastria irrorata | San Jose, Peru | 07/10/2023 | -6.97 | -79.57 |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | Stanley, Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas3 | 30/10/2023 | -51.69 | -57.86 |
| White-chinned Petrel1 | Procellaria aequinoctialis | São Sebastião, Brazil | 06/11/2023 | -23.79 | -45.57 |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Praia grande, Brazil | 08/11/2023 | -24.01 | -46.04 |
| White-chinned Petrel1 | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Ubatuba, Brazil | 10/11/2023 | -23.52 | -45.19 |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | Pebble Island, Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas3 | 11/11/2023 | -51.31 | -59.58 |
| Black-browed Albatross1 | Thalassarche melanophris | Saunders Island, Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas3 | 20/11/2023 | -51.20 | -60.10 |
| Black-browed Albatross1 | Thalassarche melanophris | Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas3 | 28/11/2023 | -51.05 | -61.17 |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Bertioga, Brazil | 16/12/2023 | -23.846 | -46.132 |
| Wandering Albatross1 | Diomedea exulans | Bird Island, South Georgia/Islas Georgias del Sur3 | 09/02/2024 | -54.006 | -38.049 |
| Wandering Albatross1 | Diomedea exulans | Prion Island, South Georgia/Islas Georgias del Sur3 | 09/02/2024 | -54.026 | -37.257 |
1 ACAP-listed species.
2 Detection in three individuals collected at the same site and date.
3 A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Islas Georgias del Sur y Islas Sandwich del Sur) and the surrounding maritime areas.