Thalassarche impavida

The Campbell Albatross or Campbell Mollymawk, Thalassarche impavida, is a medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds only on Campbell Island and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie, a small New Zealand island group in the South Pacific. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Black-browed Albatross. It is a medium sized black and white Albatross with a pale yellow iris.

The Thalassarche impavida is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

Campbell Albatross or Campbell Mollymawk, Thalassarche impavida, is a medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds only on Campbell Island (New Zealand) and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie, a small New Zealand island group in the South Pacific. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Black-browed Albatross. It is a medium sized black and white Albatross with a pale yellow iris. Description It is 3.21 kg (7. More

Range & population Thalassarche impavida breeds only on the northern and western coastline of Campbell Island (111 km2) and the tiny offshore islet, Jeanette Marie, New Zealand. The total population was estimated to be 19,000-26,000 breeding pairs14, with the most recent censuses in 1995-1997 giving an estimate of 24,600 pairs17. Numbers decreased steeply between the 1970s and 1980s: one colony declined at a rate of 5.9% per year between 1966 and 1981, and 10.5% per year between 1981 and 1984. More

became Thalassarche impavida and Diomedea melanophris melanophris became Thalassarche melanophris. The common names were retained. Robertson and Nunn's revised taxonomy is accepted by some bird taxonomists, but not others. In 2004, Penhallurick and Wink re-analysed the taxonomy and naming of albatrosses and suggested that Thalassarche melanophris (Black-browed Albatross) and Thalassarche impavida (Campbell's Albatross) should be considered sub-species of Thalassarche melanophris, as was the case in the original taxonomy. More

Diomedea impavida , Thalassarche impavida , Thalassarche melanophris , Thalassarche melanophrys Distribution : Angola , Antarctica , Argentina (br) , Australia , Brazil (br) , Chile (br) , Denmark (v) , Ecuador (v) , Faeroe Islands (v) , Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (br) , France (v) , French Polynesia (v) , French Southern and Antarctic Territories (br) , Germany (v) , Greenland (v) , Heard Island and McDonald Islands (br) , Iceland (v) , Ireland (v) , Kenya , Madagascar (v) , Martinique More