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Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) Alternate name(s): "Campbell Mollymawk" Size: 0.85-0.90 m; wing span 2.1-2.5 m Weight: 2.2-3.8 kg

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Campbell Albatrosses are very big seabirds with an almost all-white body plumage. Adult birds have a very broad black fringe all around the underwings. The upperwings are all dark-grey. The bill is yellow-orange, with a pink tip, the black eyes are outlined by a grey-black eye stripe. Immature birds and different races have varying degrees of grey in their plumage, especially on the underwings. Immature Campbell Albatrosses also have a brownish-black bill, or yellowish bill with a dark tip. Juveniles have a narrow light-grey collar.

Taxonomy, classification See Campbell Albatross at Wikipedia . Click here for classification information The Campbell Albatross is in some references considered to be a race of the Black-browed Albatross.

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Campbell Albatross is available HERE . The range of the Campbell Albatross is circumpolar, encompassing all southern oceans and coastal waters around continents. Campbell Albatrosses reach coastal waters off the Australian continent all the way from Port Macquarie, NSW, in the East (and occasionally as far North as the tropic of Capricorn), around the South coast of Australia, to about Geraldton, WA, in the West. On Australian territory, Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean is the only known breeding ground of Campbell Albatrosses. Campbell Albatrosses are pelagic birds that spend most of their time out on the open ocean and in coastal waters. They breed on offshore islands.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting a Campbell Albatross off Mistral Point, Maroubra, NSW, in June 2013. All photographic and sighting information presented on this page has kindly been contributed by B. Hensen.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Campbell Albatross (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Off Mistral Point, Maroubra, NSW, June 2013]

Clearer view of a Campbell Albatross's underwings, with the characteristically wide dark leading edge
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Off Mistral Point, Maroubra, NSW, June 2013]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

View of the underwings of an juvenile Black-browed Albatross (photo courtesy of B. Hensen) - note that the ID of this bird is not certain: it could also be an immature Campbell Albatross
[Off Mistral Point, Maroubra, NSW, June 2013]

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