List of albatross breeding locations

List of albatross breeding locations

The following is a list of locations where albatrosses breed, together with a list of the species found at each location.

ubantarctic islands off South America

*Diego Ramirez Islands - Grey-headed
*Falkland Islands - Black-browed
*Ildefonso Islands - Grey-headed, Black-browed
*Isla Diego de Almagro, Chile - Black-browed
*Isla de los Estados, Argentina - Black-browed
*South Georgia - Wandering, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Light-mantled Sooty

Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean

*Gough Island - Tristan, Atlantic Yellow-nosed, Sooty
*Inaccessible Island - Tristan, Atlantic Yellow-nosed
*Nightingale Islands - Atlantic Yellow-nosed
*Tristan da Cunha - Tristan (formerly), Atlantic Yellow-nosed, Sooty

ubantarctic islands of the Indian Ocean

*Amsterdam Island - Amsterdam, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty
*Crozet Islands - Wandering, Salvin's, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty
*Heard and McDonald Islands - Wandering, Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty
*Kerguelen Islands - Wandering, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty (a single Salvin's has built a nest here)
*Marion Island - Wandering, Grey-headed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty
*Prince Edward Island - Wandering, Grey-headed, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty
*St. Paul - Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty

New Zealand

The South Island, the North Island, and nearby islands

*Solander Island (offshore from the South Island) - Buller's (Pacific form)
*Taiaroa Head, on Otago Peninsula in the South Island - Northern Royal
*Three Kings Island (offshore from the North Island) - Buller's (nominate form)

ubantarctic islands south of New Zealand

*Antipodes Islands - Antipodean (race "antipodensis"), Shy (race "steadi"), Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty
*Auckland Islands - Antipodean (race "gibsoni"), Southern Royal (Enderby only), Northern Royal (Enderby only), Shy (race "steadi"), Light-mantled Sooty
*Bishop Island - Black-browed
*Bounty Islands - Salvin's
*Campbell Island - Antipodean (race "antipodensis"), Southern Royal, Black-browed, Campbell, Grey-headed, Light-mantled Sooty
*Chatham Islands - Northern Royal, Chatham (Pyramid Rock only), Buller's (Pacific form), Indian Yellow-nosed (Shy, race "steadi", has also bred here twice)
*Clerk Island - Black-browed
*Macquarie Island - Wandering, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Light-mantled Sooty
*The Snares - Salvin's, Black-browed, Buller's (nominate form); Chatham has also made a single unsuccessful breeding attempt here

Tasmania

*Albatross Island - Shy (race "cauta")
*Mewstone - Shy (race "cauta")
*Pedra Branca - Shy (race "cauta")

Islands off Ecuador

*Hood Island, Galápagos - Waved
*La Plata Island - Waved

Northern Pacific Ocean

*Bonin Islands - Black-footed, Laysan
*French Frigate Shoals - - Laysan - Black-footed
*Guadalupe Island (Mexico) - Laysan
*Hawaii - Laysan
*Izu Islands, Japan - Short-tailed (Tori Shima only), Black-footed
*Laysan Island - Laysan - Black-footed
*Midway Island - Laysan - Black-footed
*Southern Ryukyu Islands - Black-footed

ources

*del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliott and Jordi Sargatal "Handbook of the Birds of the World" Volume 1 (1992)
*Shirihai, Hadoram "A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife" ISBN 951-98947-0-5


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