Translocation and hand-rearing result in short-tailed albatrosses returning to breed in the Ogasawara Islands 80 years after extirpation

Restoration or establishment of colonies using translocation and hand‐rearing can be an effective tool for conserving birds. However, well‐designed post‐release evaluation studies for long‐lived species are rarely implemented. We investigated the attendance and breeding attempts of hand‐reared short‐tailed albatross (STAL) Phoebastria albatrus chicks ( n = 69) translocated to a historic breeding island in the Ogasawara Islands, 350 km from the...