Webinar: Unraveling the mysteries of storm-petrels, the world’s smallest seabirds, featuring Fernando Medrano
Join the next Birds of the World “Discovery Series” focused on storm-petrels!
Date/Time: Thursday, 22 February at 12:00 pm EST (New York)
Length: 1 hour
Registration: Registration required to watch in real time or to receive video by email.
Q&A: Please submit questions in advance on the registration form
Description: Storm-petrels are among the least understood seabird species, mostly due to their cryptic and nocturnal habits. However, the knowledge of several species has been expanding thanks to the increasing interest of researchers as well as technological advances for locating colonies, tracking birds at sea, and studying their general ecology. In this webinar, Fernando Medrano, the assistant director of the Chilean conservation NGO called Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC) and the South American lead for Birds of the World, will present an overview on what is known and what still lies in mystery for the storm-petrels of the world.
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About Fernando: As South American lead for Birds of the World, Fernando is responsible for developing content partnerships throughout the continent and contributing to species accounts (such as Ainley’s and Markham’s storm-petrels). As a researcher, he has worked with several species of storm-petrels across the world, helping to discover the first breeding colonies for several species of storm-petrels in the Atacama Desert. He developed his PhD through the Universitat de Barcelona, where he worked with several species of storm-petrels in Guadalupe Island (Mexico), Cabo Verde, and the Canary Islands.
