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Genus: Thalassarche (9 species)


Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) Near Threatened Range: PO: islets of nw North I. (rare), Chatham Is. (e of South I.), w of Stewart I. and Snares (s of South I.; New Zealand) Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri) Endangered Range: IO: Prince Edward Is. (s of South Africa), Crozet Is. (s of Madagascar), Amsterdam, St. Paul and Kerguelen is. (sw to se Indian Ocean) East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta cauta) Near Threatened Range: SO: Tasmania and Auckland Is. (s of South I., New Zealand) Tasmania, Australia
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Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) Endangered Range: AO: Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean) South Africa
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Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) Endangered Range: SO: subantarctic islands of Ildefonso and Diego Ramirez (sw of Tierra del Fuego), South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Campbell is. (s of South I., New Zealand) Drake's Passage, Antarctica Photo credit: NOAA: Lt. Elizabeth Crapo
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Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) Endangered Range: SO: subantarctic islands of Ildefonso and Diego Ramirez (sw of Tierra del Fuego), South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Campbell is. (s of South I., New Zealand) Tasmania, Australia
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Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita) Vulnerable Range: PO: Pyramid Rock (Chatham Is., e of South I., New Zealand)
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Breeds on Chatham Island new Australia, and ranges from there to Peru and Chile. Comes closer to shore than other albatross (HBW).


Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) Vulnerable Range: PO: Campbell and Jeanette Marie is. (Campbell Is., s of South I., New Zealand) East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) Range: SO: islands of s Chile, Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich (se of South Georgia), Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes, Snares and Campbell groups (se, s of South I.; New Zealand) South Africa
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Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) Immature Range: SO: islands of s Chile, Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich (se of South Georgia), Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes, Snares and Campbell groups (se, s of South I.; New Zealand) South Africa
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Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) Vulnerable Range: IO, PO: Bounty (most of population; e of Stewart I.), w Snares (s of South I.; New Zealand) and Crozet is. (few; South Indian Ocean) East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia Note grey head.
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Formerly a subspecies of the Snowy Albatross, Salvin's Albatross can be differentiated by the greyer head.

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