BirdUp · Species
Grey-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma(Forster, JR, 1785)
EndangeredNative
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Thalassarche
- Conservation
- Endangered
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Subantarctic islands of Ildefonso and Diego Ramirez (south-west of Tierra del Fuego), South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen (south-west to south-east Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far south-east of Australia) and Campbell is. (south of South I., New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- South oceans mostly south of Subtropical Convergence
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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