BirdUp · Species
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche impavidaMathews, 1912
VulnerableNative
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Thalassarche
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Campbell albatross or Campbell mollymawk, is a medium-sized mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds only on Campbell Island and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie, in a small New Zealand island group in the South Pacific. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-browed albatross. It is a medium-sized black and white albatross with a pale yellow iris.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Campbell and Jeanette Marie is. (Campbell Is., south of South I., New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To south Australia, Ross Sea (Antarctica) and central Pacific
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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