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.
North Pacific Ocean
[edit]- 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
South America
[edit]Islands off Ecuador
[edit]- Española Island (Hood Island), Galápagos - waved
- Isla de la Plata - waved
Subantarctic islands of South America
[edit]- Diego de Almagro Island, Chile - black-browed
- Diego Ramírez Islands - grey-headed
- Evangelistas Islets - black-browed
- Ildefonso Islands - grey-headed, black-browed
- Isla de los Estados, Argentina - black-browed
South Atlantic Ocean
[edit]- Falkland Islands - black-browed
- South Georgia - wandering, black-browed, grey-headed, light-mantled
Tristan group
[edit]- 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
Indian Ocean
[edit]- Amsterdam Island - Amsterdam, Indian yellow-nosed, sooty
- Crozet Islands - wandering, Salvin's, black-browed, grey-headed, Indian yellow-nosed, sooty, light-mantled
- Heard and McDonald Islands - wandering, black-browed, light-mantled
- Kerguelen Islands - wandering, black-browed, grey-headed, Indian yellow-nosed, sooty, light-mantled; a single Salvin's has nested
- Marion Island - wandering, grey-headed, sooty, light-mantled
- Prince Edward Island - wandering, grey-headed, Indian yellow-nosed, sooty, light-mantled
- Saint Paul - Indian yellow-nosed, sooty
New Zealand
[edit]South Island, North Island, and nearby islands
[edit]- 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)
Subantarctic islands of New Zealand
[edit]- Antipodes Islands - Antipodean (race antipodensis), shy (race steadi), black-browed, light-mantled
- Auckland Islands - Gibson's, southern royal (Enderby only), northern royal (Enderby only), shy (race steadi), light-mantled
- 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)
- Snares - Salvin's, black-browed, Buller's (nominate form); Chatham has also made a single unsuccessful breeding attempt here
Tasmania
[edit]- Albatross Island - shy (race cauta)
- Mewstone - shy (race cauta)
- Pedra Branca - shy (race cauta)
Subantarctic islands of Tasmania
[edit]- Macquarie Island - wandering, black-browed, grey-headed, light-mantled
- Bishop and Clerk Islets - black-browed
References
[edit]- 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