List of albatross breeding locations explained

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

North 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

South America

Islands off Ecuador

• Española Island (Hood Island), Galápagos - waved
• Isla de la Plata - waved

Subantarctic islands of South America

• 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

• Falkland Islands - black-browed
• South Georgia - wandering, black-browed, grey-headed, light-mantled

Tristan group

• 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

• 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

South Island, 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 of New Zealand

• 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

• Albatross Island - shy (race cauta)
• Mewstone - shy (race cauta)
• Pedra Branca - shy (race cauta)

Subantarctic islands of Tasmania

• Macquarie Island - wandering, black-browed, grey-headed, light-mantled
  • Bishop and Clerk Islets - black-browed

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