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# Natural history books and monographs on the albatross islands of the Pacific Ocean

**Introduction**

 Four species of albatrosses of the genus *Phoebastria* breed on islands in the northern and central Pacific Ocean, belonging to Ecuador, Japan, Mexico and the USA.  A selected list of natural history books published on these islands follows.  Please e-mail suggested additions with full bibliographic details to [secretariat@acap.aq](mailto:secretariat@acap.aq), especially for Japanese and Mexican albatross islands.

 ![Rauzon Isles of Amnesia](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Rauzon_Isles_of_Amnesia.jpg)

 **Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)**

  Constant, Pierre. 2010. *Galápagos - a Natural History Guide.* Eighth Edition.  Hong Kong: Odyssey Illustrated Guides.  315 pp.  ISBN 9789622177666.

  De Roy, Tui (Ed.). 2009. *Galápagos - Preserving Darwin's Legacy*. Auckland: David Bateman Ltd.  240 pp. ISBN 9781869537098.

  Fitter, Julian, Fitter, Daniel & Hosking, David 2000.  *Safari Guides. Wildlife of the Galápagos*.  London: HarperCollins.  254 pp.  ISBN 0 00 220137 2.

  Harris, Michael 1974.  *A Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos.*London: Collins. 160 pp.  ISBN 0 00 212044 5.

  Heinzel, Hermann & Hall, Barnaby 2000.  *Galápagos* *Diary.  A Complete Guide to the Archipelago's Birdlife*.  London: Christopher Helm. 272 pp.  ISBN 0-7136-5434-1.

  Jackson, Michael H. 1994.  *Galapagos: a Natural History*. Calgary: Michigan State University Press. 335 pp. **ISBN:** 9781895176407

  Nelson, J. Bryan. 1968.  *Galapagos: Islands of Birds*.  London: Longmans.  338 pp.

  Swash, Andy & Still, Rob 2000.  *Birds, Mammals & Reptiles of the* *Galápagos Islands.  An Identification Guide*.  Mountfield: Pica Press & Old Basing: WILDGuides.  168 pp.  ISBN 1-8734-3-82-8.

  

 **Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands (Japan)**

  

 Kawakami, Kazuto & Okochi, Isamu (Eds).  *Restoring the Oceanic Island Ecosystem.  Impact and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Bonin Islands*.  Tokyo: Springer.  pp. 153-159.  ISBN 978-4-431-53858-5.  [http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-4-431-53858-5/contents/](http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-4-431-53858-5/contents/).

  

 **Torishima (Japan)**

 Hasegawa, H. 2006. *Ahodori ni Muchu* (Passionate about Albatross). Tokyo: Shin-nihon Shuppan.  182 pp. (in Japanese)

 **Pacific Ocean Islands (USA)** 

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 Amerson, Binion 2012. *The Coral Carrier* *French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: a History*.  Dallas: Binion Amerson Books.  262 pp. ISBN 978-0-9884645-0-6.  [http://www.binionamerson.com/](http://www.binionamerson.com/)

 Denny, Jim 2010.  *A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawai'i, the Main Islands and Offshore Waters.*Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.  211 pp.  ISBN 978-0-8248-3383-1.

 Fisher, Mildred L. 1970. *The Albatross of Midway Island: a Natural History of the Laysan Albatross.* Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.  161 pp.  ISBN 0-8093-0426-0.

 Frierson, Pamela 2012.  *The Last Atoll.  Exploring Hawai’i’s Endangered Ecosystems*.  San Antonio: Trinity University Press.  309 pp.  ISBN 978-1-59534-130-3.  [http://web.trinity.edu/x1087.xml](http://web.trinity.edu/x1087.xml)[http://web.trinity.edu/x1087.xml](http://web.trinity.edu/x1087.xml).

 Harrison, Craig S. 1990.  *Seabirds of Hawaii:  Natural History and Conservation.*  Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 249 pp.  ISBN 0-8014-2449-6.

  Hawaii Audubon Society 2005.  *Hawaii's Birds.*  Sixth Edition.  Honolulu: Hawaii Audubon Society.  141 pp.  ISBN 1-889708-00-3.

  Munro, George C. 1944. *Birds of Hawaii.* Honolulu: Tongg Publishing Company.  189 pp.

  Pratt, H. Douglas & Jeffrey, Jack 1996.  *A Pocket Guide to Hawai'i's Birds*.  Honolulu: Mutual Publishing.  112 pp. ISBN 1-56647-145-1.

 Rauzon, Mark J. 2001. *Isles of Refuge.  Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands*.  Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.  205 pp.  ISBN 0-8248-2330-3.

 Rauzon, Mark J. 20I5.  *Isles of Amnesia: The History, Geography, and Restoration of America's Forgotten Pacific Islands*.  Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.  304 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8248-4679-4.  [http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9517-9780824846794.aspx](http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9517-9780824846794.aspx).

 Toops, Connie & Greenberg, Phyllis 2012.  *Midway: A Guide to the Atoll and its Inhabitants*.  LasAves Enterprises.  90 pp.  ISBN-13 :  978-0984914807.

 Safina, Carl 2002.  *Eye of the Albatross. Visions of Hope and Survival.*   New York: Henry Holt & Co.  377 pp.  ISBN 0-8050-6338-9.

 Shallenberger, Robert J. 2010. *Hawaiian Birds of the Sea:**nā manu kai.* Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.  109 pp.  ISBN 978-0-8248-3403-6.

 Toops, C.M. & Greenberg, P.C. 2012. *Midway: a Guide to the Atoll and its Inhabitants*.  Naples: Las Aves. 84 pp.  ISBN 978-0-9849148-0-7.

  *Last updated 12 November 2020*