Breeding record of the Laysan Albatross Diomedea immutabilis on the Ogasawara Islands (a preliminary report)

Abstract

The Laysan Albatross was confirmed to breed on Torishima (27°40'30"N, 142°07'20"), immediate offshore of Mukojima, the Mukojima Retto, the Ogasawara Islands. One chick fledged in the 1976/77 season and three eggs hatched in 1977/78. This breeding record is the first from the Ogasawara Islands, and the third to the former recorded on Minami-torishima and on Torishima of the Izu Shotôin the western North Pacific Ocean.