Tristan Albatross (特島信天翁)
Tristan da Cunha (2013)
12th August, 2013. Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha (2013)
12th August, 2013. Tristan da Cunha
Tristan
Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) is a large seabird from the albatross
family, which was only widely recognised as a full species in 1998. Due
to the difficulty in distinguishing them from Wandering Albatrosses,
their distribution at sea is still not fully known, but the use of
satellite tracking has shown that they forage widely in the South
Atlantic, with males foraging west of the breeding islands towards South
America and females to the east towards Africa. There have been
sightings near Brazil and also off the coast of Australia.
The Tristan Albatrosses are endemic to the islands of the Tristan da Cunha group and more specifically Gough Island. The majority of the world's population nest on Gough Island, around 1500 pairs. On some years a pair breeds on Inaccessible Island.
The Tristan Albatrosses are endemic to the islands of the Tristan da Cunha group and more specifically Gough Island. The majority of the world's population nest on Gough Island, around 1500 pairs. On some years a pair breeds on Inaccessible Island.