Why

  Seabirds?

Seabirds are Threatened

Seabirds are one of the most threatened bird groups on the planet, with approximately 30% at risk of extinction and with 84% of all species at risk from at least one threat, primarily from invasive alien species, bycatch, poaching, and/or climate change.

Seabird Conservation Solutions

There are solutions that promote the recovery of seabird populations and prevent extinctions such as managing or removing invasive predators, and restoring and protecting breeding habitats. In cases where seabirds do not naturally colonize a breeding site or increase in number following management, active restoration techniques are often used to accelerate restoration. This database documents such active seabird restoration efforts.

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Social Attraction and Translocation

The Seabird Restoration Database seeks to improve knowledge transfer of active restoration techniques among practitioners and enhance seabird conservation by documenting the methods and outcomes from social attraction and translocation activities applied to restore and recover seabird populations around the world. Social attraction uses stimuli such as sound and decoys to lure seabirds into a restoration site while translocation is the physical movement of seabirds from a source colony to a restoration site. In many cases, both methods are used to restore a seabird colony.

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The Seabird Restoration Database

Thanks to the generous support from the Packard Marine Bird Program, and the knowledge contributions of seabird experts from around the world, we built the Seabird Restoration Database, a first of its kind conservation database documenting the global effort to restore seabirds. Between 2020-2021 we collated data from the literature, reports, databases and expert consultations to determine the species, locations, methods, and outcomes for active seabird restoration efforts. In December 2021, the data was made available via this online map

Seabird Restoration Database Partnership

The following people and organizations developed the database and the creation of the Seabird Restoration Database Partnership

Dena Spatz
Senior Conservation Scientist
Pacific Rim Conservation

Nick Holmes
Lead Scientist
The Nature Conservancy

Don Lyons
Director of Conservation Science
National Audubon Society

Lindsay Young
Executive Director
Pacific Rim Conservation

Holly Jones
Professor
Northern Illinois University

Colin Miskelley
Curator Vertebrates
Musem of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Eric VanderWerf
Director of Science
Pacific Rim Conservation

Steve Kress
Founder, Project Puffin
National Audubon Society (Retired)

Graeme Taylor
Scientist
Department of Conservation, New Zealand

External Contributors

We thank the following people who also contributed to the development of this database:

• Pacific Rim Conservation 2020/2021 Interns: Laura Heartwood, Claire Atkins, Sophia Lodigiani, Sheila Marie Ringor, Magali Raynaud
  
• Project design/thought leadership: David Will (Island Conservation), Don Croll (UC Santa Cruz), Brad Keitt (American Bird Conservancy)
  
• Data contributions from 350 experts from 45 countries