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Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri) Alternate name(s): "Carter's Albatross*", "Yellow-nosed Mollymawk*" Aboriginal name(s): "woolwool" (WA) Size: 0.71-0.82 m; wing span 1.8-2.0 m Body mass: 2.5-2.9 kg

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses are very big seabirds with an almost all-white plumage. Adult birds have a narrow black fringe all around the underwings. The upperwings are all dark-grey. The bill is black, with yellow-orange outer lining on the upper mandible, with a pink tip; the eyes are black. Below the eyes there is a very thin orange stripe. Juvenile Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses have varying degrees of grey in their plumage, especially a more ragged inner edge of the black leading edge on the underwings. Twitcher's tip The Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross has yellow lining only on the upper mandible of the bill, while Buller's Albatross has yellow lining on both mandibles.

Taxonomy, classification See Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross at Wikipedia .

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 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross is available HERE . At sea the range of Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses extends from South Africa to the Pacific Ocean just beyond New Zealand, ranging from 30 degrees to 50 degrees southern latitude. Their breeding colonies are on several islands in the southern Indian Ocean. In Australia Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses reach coastal waters off the Australian continent anywhere to the South of the tropic of Capricorn. Indian Yellow-nosed 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 We have seen a Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross on a pelagic to the edge of the continental shelf, 22 NM (40 km) from Terrigal, NSW, in July 2013. M. Eaton reports finding Indian Yellow-nosted Albatrosses on a pelagic off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021.

Photos

ADULT

Frontal portrait of an adult Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
[22 NM (40 km) ESE of Terrigal, NSW, July 2013]

Near-frontal view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
[22 NM (40 km) ESE of Terrigal, NSW, July 2013]

Near-frontal view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Near-lateral view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
[22 NM (40 km) ESE of Terrigal, NSW, July 2013]

Near-lateral view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross touching down (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Lateral view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Lateral view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross taking off (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Near-dorsal view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Lateral view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross in flight (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Lateral view of the upperwing pattern of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross in flight
[22 NM (40 km) ESE of Terrigal, NSW, July 2013]

Near-dorsal view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross banking to land (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Dorsal view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross in flight
[22 NM (40 km) ESE of Terrigal, NSW, July 2013]

Dorsal view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross taking off
[22 NM (40 km) ESE of Terrigal, NSW, July 2013]

Food, Diet

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses feed on fish.

Lateral view of an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross feeding
[22 NM (40 km) ESE of Terrigal, NSW, July 2013]

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