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Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
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About the Black-browed Albatross
The black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), also known as the black-browed mollymawk, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae; it is the most widespread and common member of its family.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Thalassarche melanophris
- Family
- Albatrosses
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Similar species
Other members of the albatrosses family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
- Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
- Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
- Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
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