Suazo, Cristián G.Cristián G.SuazoAnguita, CristóbalCristóbalAnguitaLetelier, Carlos GarcésCarlos GarcésLetelierMartínez, AlexisAlexisMartínezQuillfeldt, PetraPetraQuillfeldt2024-11-282024-11-282024https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/19953https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-19308Albatrosses are renowned for their high philopatry, which has been proposed as a major barrier to their dispersal and hybridization with other albatross species. Except for shy-type albatross species from New Zealand, examples of colonization of new breeding sites and interbreeding with closely related species are rare. During the austral summer of 2022, while conducting land-based monitoring of resident Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophris) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) albatross populations on the Diego Ramírez Islands, Chile (56 S), we documented the first (and southernmost) breeding record of a nesting pair of White-capped Albatross (T. steadi), a species endemic to the Auckland Islands, New Zealand (~ 7000 km away). The species identity was confirmed through molecular analysis. This discovery underscores the importance of Diego Ramírez and its surrounding waters as a hotspot for global albatross conservation.enNamensnennung 4.0 Internationalddc:570