page_title: Black-browed albatross
section_title: Reproduction
hierarchical_section_title: Black-browed albatross / Behaviour / Reproduction
caption_attribution_description: English: Black-browed albatross colony on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands.
context_page_description: The black-browed albatross, also known as the black-browed mollymawk, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae; it is the most widespread and common member of its family.
context_section_description: This species normally nests on steep slopes covered with tussock grass and sometimes on cliffs; however, on the Falklands it nests on flat grassland on the coast. They are an annual breeder laying one egg from between 20 September and 1 November, although the Falklands, Crozet, and Kerguelen breeders lay about three weeks earlier. Incubation is done by both sexes and lasts 68 to 71 days. After hatching, the chicks take 120 to 130 days to fledge. Juveniles will return to the colony after two to three years but only to practice courtship rituals, as they start breeding around the 10th year.
caption: Colony on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands
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