Black-browed Albatross
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Black-browed Albatross
Diomedea melanophris Temminck
Status One sight record. A single bird, well-described, was sighted in Cabot Strait some 50 km northeast of Sydney on 15 July 1983 by David E.
Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)
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Scientific name: Thalassarche melanophris
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
National conservation status: Vulnerable ...
Black-browed Albatross
Diomedea melanophris
Local Name: Mollymawk
Breeding Range: Circumpolar on subantarctic islands
Length: 82cm.
Falklands Population: 550,000 breeding pairs
World Population: 650,000 breeding pairs ...
Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)
Albatrosses are one of the most marine of all birds, traversing the oceans of the southern hemisphere, and only returning to land to breed... More 32 Images 22 Videos ...
A Black-browed Albatross on its nest
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Seabirds, particularly albatrosses, are becoming increasingly threatened and at a faster rate globally than all other species-groups of birds; they face a wide variety of threats.
Black-browed albatross (Diomedea / Thalassarche melanophrys) with chick on nest, part of a large colony, Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands.
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Left a Black-browed Albatross makes a close pass by the boat.. To the right a juvenile Wandering Albatross. The center bird, a mature Wandering Albatross with a blue paint strip on the breast, followed the boat for some time.
New research carried out by Falklands Conservation (BirdLife in the Falklands) on Steeple Jason Island has shown huge decreases in the populations of both Black-browed Albatrosses and Rockhopper Penguins. (more) ...
The chick does not leave the nest for a further 141 days; for this reason the grey-headed albatross only breeds every other year. It is often found sharing a breeding ground with the black-browed albatross D.
 See also: Albatross, Petrel, Gull, Wandering albatross, Seabird
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