BirdUp · Species
Sooty Albatross
Phoebetria fusca(Hilsenberg, 1822)
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Phoebetria
- Conservation
- Endangered
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The sooty albatross, also known to sailors as the Quaker, is a species of marine bird belonging to the albatross family Diomedeidae. It is a medium-sized albatross that sports a sooty-brown or sooty-black color. It can be found in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the southern Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean. This bird scavenges for squid, fish, and carrion. Like other albatrosses, these birds mate for life and return to the same breeding spots every season. A single pair will mate every other year on a variety of islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean and the southern Indian Ocean islands. This bird is an endangered species and conservation efforts are taking place.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- IO, AO : temperate and subantarctic is. Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (south-central Atlantic Ocean), Amsterdam and St. Paul is. (south-central Indian Ocean), Prince Edward, Crozet and Kerguelen is. (south-west to south-east Indian Ocean)
- Non-breeding range
- Temperate south Atlantic and Indian oceans, centered on 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
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