Live Ocean Tracking the Tākoketai
Figure 1: Live Ocean Tracking the Tākoketai project summary. Click to access the fully project information and website
About the Tākoketai Black Petrel
“The story of the tākoketai black petrel is one of vulnerability and hope. Each year, newly fledged chicks embark on their first extraordinary migration. They take off from their home in the Hauraki Gulf and fly 1,000’s of kms across the Pacific to Ecuadorian waters. Yet fewer than 10% return, and much about their journey remains a mystery.
Sleek and entirely black, with an impressive 1.1 metre wingspan, these endemic seabirds were once widespread across Te Ika-a- Māui, the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Today, they nest only on Aotea Great Barrier Island and Te Hauturu-o-Toi Little Barrier Island.”
Figure 2: Screenshot showing Live Ocean Tākoketai Black Petrel across the Pacific, click on the image to watch the live tracking.
Charting a Course for Recovery
“This project aims to reverse the decline of the tākoketai black petrel population through tracking their migration, international collaboration, and advocacy. By supporting long-term research, developing mitigation strategies, and building partnerships across the Pacific Flyway, Live Ocean and its partners aim to rebuild the population to enable future translocation into historic habitats.”
“The ultimate goal is to chart a course for recovery and protection of this on the brink species, so that we might see their return to some former nesting sites right around the North Island.”
Biz Bell. Wildlife Management International
Figure 3: Key information
