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] South Island, North Island and nearby islands

Taiaroa Head, South Island - Northern Royal

Three Kings Island (offshore from North Island) - Buller's (nominate form)

Solander Island (offshore from 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)

Snares Islands - 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 Ryūkyū 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

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