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Grey-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma(Forster, JR, 1785)
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- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Thalassarche
At a glance
The Grey-headed Albatross is a very large bird, about 70–85 cm long, listed as Endangered and native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 70–85 cm
- Conservation status
- Endangered
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Rare
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Grey-headed Albatross look like?
The Grey-headed Albatross is a very large bird, about 70–85 cm long.
The grey-headed albatross also known as the gray-headed mollymawk, is a large seabird from the albatross family. It has a circumpolar distribution, nesting on isolated islands in the Southern Ocean and feeding at high latitudes, further south than any of the other mollymawks. Its name derives from its ashy-gray head, throat and upper neck.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Grey-headed Albatross?
The Grey-headed Albatross is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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