A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bond, Alexander L., Taylor, Christopher, Kinchin-Smith, David, Fox, Derren, Witcutt, Emma, Ryan, Peter G., Loader, Simon P., Weimerskirch, Henri
• Other Authors: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Gough; Inaccessible Island; Tristan; Crozet Islands; Polar Biology; South Atlantic Ocean; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0/fulltext.html

Abstract Albatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross ( Diomedea dabbenena ) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlanti...