"Birding" Tristan da Cunha Things to Do Tip by Ekahau

Birding for the Rockhopper Penguin or Wandering albatross or Tristan albatross. – Tristan Albatross probably has 6000-7000 individuals They breed Every two years - because it takes a year to complete the breeding cycle. They incubate their single egg for 11 weeks and the take a further 40 weeks to fledge their chick, which is dependent upon the parents for food over this entire period. The chick perishes if either parent is lost at sea to longlines because a single parent cannot collect enough food. Egg laying - December to February; Hatching - March to April; Fledging - November to February. One very small population is now stable after a period of decline

Other Birds Breeding Seabirds
Rockhopper Penguin - subspecies moseleyi
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (27,000-40,000 breeding pairs including Gough Is.)
Sooty Albatross
Kerguelen Petrel
Great-winged Petrel (subspecies macroptera)
Atlantic Petrel - few hundred pairs
Soft-plumaged Petrel (subspecies mollis)
Broad-billed Prion (subspecies vittata)
Spectacled Petrel
Grey Petrel
Great Shearwater
Little Shearwater (subspecies elegans)
Grey-backed Storm-petrel
White-faced Storm-petrel (nominate subspecies marina)
Black-bellied Storm-petrel (subspecies melanoleuca)
White-bellied Strom-petrel (subspecies leucogaster)
Common Diving Petrel (subspecies dacunhae)
Antarctic tern

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