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

• 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