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Campbell Albatross
(Thalassarche impavida)
: "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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Similar species |
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Physical description |
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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.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Campbell
Albatross at Wikipedia .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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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
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The global distribution of the Campbell Albatross is available
HERE
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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.
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Sightings |
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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.
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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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]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
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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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