List of albatross breeding locations
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The following is a list of locations where albatrosses breed, together with a list of the species found at each location.
[edit] Subantarctic islands off South America
Falkland Islands - Black-browed
South Georgia - Wandering, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Light-mantled Sooty
Diego Ramirez Islands - Grey-headed
Ildefonso Islands - Grey-headed, Black-browed
Isla Diego de Almagro, Chile - Black-browed
Isla de los Estados, Argentina - Black-browed
[edit] Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean
Tristan da Cunha - Tristan (formerly), Atlantic Yellow-nosed, Sooty
Nightingale Islands - Atlantic Yellow-nosed
Gough Island - Tristan, Atlantic Yellow-nosed, Sooty
Inaccessible Island - Tristan, Atlantic Yellow-nosed
[edit] Subantarctic islands of the Indian Ocean
Prince Edward Island - Wandering, Grey-headed, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty
Marion Island - Wandering, Grey-headed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty
Crozet Islands - Wandering, Salvin's, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty
Amsterdam Island - Amsterdam, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty
St. Paul - Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty
Kerguelen Islands - Wandering, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Indian Yellow-nosed, Sooty, Light-mantled Sooty (a single Salvin's has built a nest here)
Heard and McDonald Islands - Wandering, Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] The South Island, the North Island, and nearby islands
Taiaroa Head, on Otago Peninsula in the South Island - Northern Royal
Three Kings Island (offshore from the North Island) - Buller's (nominate form)
Solander Island (offshore from the South Island) - Buller's (Pacific form)
[edit] Subantarctic islands south of New Zealand
Chatham Islands - Northern Royal, Chatham (Pyramid Rock only), Buller's (Pacific form), Indian Yellow-nosed (Shy, race steadi, has also bred here twice)
The Snares - Salvin's, Black-browed, Buller's (nominate form); Chatham has also made a single unsuccessful breeding attempt here
Auckland Islands - Antipodean (race gibsoni), Southern Royal (Enderby only), Northern Royal (Enderby only), Shy (race steadi), Light-mantled Sooty
Campbell Island - Antipodean (race antipodensis), Southern Royal, Black-browed, Campbell, Grey-headed, Light-mantled Sooty
Antipodes Islands - Antipodean (race antipodensis), Shy (race steadi), Black-browed, Light-mantled Sooty
Bounty Islands - Salvin's
Macquarie Island - Wandering, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Light-mantled Sooty
Bishop Island - Black-browed
Clerk Island - Black-browed
[edit] Tasmania
Albatross Island - Shy (race cauta)
Mewstone - Shy (race cauta)
Pedra Branca - Shy (race cauta)
[edit] Islands off Ecuador
Hood Island, Galápagos - Waved
La Plata Island - Waved
[edit] Northern Pacific Ocean
Izu Islands, Japan - Short-tailed (Torishima Island only), Black-footed
Bonin Islands - Black-footed, Laysan
Southern Ryukyu Islands - Black-footed
Hawaii - Laysan
Midway Island - Laysan - Black-footed
Laysan Island - Laysan - Black-footed
French Frigate Shoals - - Laysan - Black-footed
Guadalupe Island (Mexico) - Laysan
[edit] Sources
- 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
