Pink-footed Shearwater Conservation & Research

The Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) is also called Fardela Blanca or Fardela de Vientre Blanco on their nesting islands in Chile. Shearwaters nest in underground burrows that they excavate. At the colonies they are vulnerable to introduced predators and habitat degradation. At-sea, this far-ranging species is susceptible to mortality in coastal fishing operations between Chile and Alaska. © Peter Hodum

Introduction

The Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus), a Chilean endemic seabird listed as Vulnerable by IUCN, breeds on Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara, both islands of the Juan Fernández Archipelago. Its only other known breeding locality is Isla Mocha, a large island just off the coast of mainland Chile. After breeding, they migrate north, sometimes as far as Alaska, to feed in productive shelf waters within a few hundred meters of the coastline.

Towards the conservation of this special species, a collaborative group of people from Chile, U.S., Mexico, and Canda are working together with Oikonos.




Learn More

Species website in Spanish and English


Conservation

Migration Tracking - 2013 Maps & Reports

Global Distribution

International Capacity Building - Español and English

People

Leaders
Dr. Peter Hodum, Co-Director JFIC, Oikonos
Valentina Colodro, Project Leader

Project Coordinators
Cristian López, Local Coordinator on JFI
Paola Gonzalez, Local Coordinator on JFI
Veronica López, Educator and Vetenarian on Isla Mocha

Collaborators
K. David Hyrenbach, Duke University and Hawai'i Pacific University
Josh Adams, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
Joanna Alfaro & Jeffery Mangel, ProDelphinus
Dr. Erin Hagen, Research Associate, Oikonos
Ken Morgan, Canadian Wildlife Service

Funders

Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF)
American Bird Conservancy
Canadian Wildlife Service
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Department of Interior, NOAA Office of International Affairs
National Geographic