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Salvin's Albatross
Thalassarche salvini
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About the Salvin's Albatross
Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) or Salvin's mollymawk, is a large seabird that breeds mainly on the Bounty Islands of New Zealand, with scant amounts on islands across the Southern Ocean. A medium-sized mollymawk, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the shy albatross.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Thalassarche salvini
- 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-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
- Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
- Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
- Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
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