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

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bond, Alexander, Taylor, Christopher, Kinchin-Smith, David, Fox, Derren, Witcutt, Emma, Ryan, Peter, Loader, Simon, Weimerskirch, Henri
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Crozet islands; Dispersal; Gough island; Prospecting; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Tristan; Gough; Inaccessible Island; Crozet Islands; Polar Biology; South Atlantic Ocean; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03165162; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02786-0

International audience 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 S...