Seabirds Working Group

The Seabird Working Group was proposed at the meeting of the Partners in Bogor in November and amended and accepted at the Second Meeting of the Partners in Beijing in December 2007.

The goal of the group is to promote, facilitate, coordinate, and harmonize seabird conservation, management, education, and research activities within the EAAF, and to improve communication between seabird scientists and managers in the Flyway.

Taxonomic groups that occur in the Flyway include:

Gaviidae

  • Divers (Loons)

Phalacrocoracidae

  • Cormorants

Procellarridae

  • Shearwaters

Oceanitidae

  • Petrels

Pelecanidae

  • Pelicans

Laridae

  • Gulls, Tern & Skimmers

Stercorariidae

  • Skuas

Alcidae

  • Auks

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