Thalassarche salvini

Salvin's Albatross, or Salvin's Mollymawk, Thalassarche salvini, is a large seabird that ranges across the Southern Ocean. A medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the Shy Albatross. It is a medium sized black and white albatross.

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

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Salvin's Albatross, or Salvin's Mollymawk, Thalassarche salvini, is a large seabird that ranges across the Southern Ocean. A medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the Shy Albatross. It is a medium sized black and white albatross. More

Salvin's Albatross, or Salvin's Mollymawk, Thalassarche salviniReproduction It breeds mainly on small rocky islands with little vegetation, and the nest is a pedestal made of mud, feathers, and bird bones. A single egg is laid in September, and incubated by both parents until early November. The chicks fledge after about 4 months. Feeding Salvin's Albatross feeds mainly on fish and cephalapods. More

Range & population Thalassarche salvini breeds on the Bounty Islands (nine islands and islets), Western Chain islets (Snares Islands), and The Pyramid and The Forty-Fours (Chatham Islands), New Zealand3,8,12 and has bred at least once on Ile des Pingouins (Crozet Islands, French Southern Territories), with four pairs recorded 10, 13. In 1998, the population on the Bounty Islands (99% of total) was estimated at 30,750 pairs1,2, compared to an estimate in 1978 of 76,000 breeding pairs7. More