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Home > Marine
Life > Birds > Short-tailed Albatross
Family
Diomedeidae
HAWAII Phoebastria
albatrus
Sand Island, Midway Atoll
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SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS GOLDEN
GOONEY
Approximately 2,350 nest on steep slopes of the tiny volcanic island
of Tori-shima in Japan's Bonin Islands (near Iwo Jima). A few
birds visit Midway Atoll in the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
during winter & spring but successful breeding has yet to be
recorded. Feeds upon
squid & small fishes, fish eggs, & carrion in the North Pacific. A
endangered species due to the risk of an eruption destroying the entire
breeding colony, as well as mortalities caused by interactions with longline fishing
gear & ingestion of marine debris.
Special measures are taken by US vessels to reduce this threat.
New nests have become established on Senkaku & Ogasawara Islands.
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