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.

Contents 1 Subantarctic islands off South America 2 Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean 3 Subantarctic islands of the Indian Ocean 4 New Zealand 4.1 The South Island, the North Island, and nearby islands 4.2 Subantarctic islands south of New Zealand 5 Tasmania 6 Islands off Ecuador 7 Northern Pacific Ocean 8 References

Subantarctic 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

Subantarctic 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)

Subantarctic 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

References

• 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