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Black-browed Albatross
(Thalassarche melanophris)
: "Black-browed Mollymawk"
 German name(s): "Schwarzbrauenalbatros"
Size: 0.85-0.95 m; wing span 2.1-2.5 m
Weight: 2.9-4.7 kg
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Similar
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Physical description |
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Black-browed Albatrosses are very big seabirds with an almost
all-white body plumage.
Adult birds
have a 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
Black-browed Albatrosses also have a brownish-black bill, or
yellowish bill with a dark tip.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Black-browed
Albatross at Wikipedia  .
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The Black-browed Albatross is in some references considered to be
conspecific with the Campbell
Albatross.
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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 Black-browed Albatross is available
HERE
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There are two races of Black-browed Albatrosses, nominate race
"melanophris"
and race
"impavida".
The range of the Black-browed Albatross is circumpolar in the
southern hemisphere, encompassing all southern
oceans and
coastal waters
around the southern continents. They breed on
islands in the
southern oceans, with the largest population breeding on the
Falkland Islands. The South Atlantic population is most likely
to occasionally migrate/disperse northwards, into the northern
Atlantic.
In Europe Black-browed Albatrosses can occasionally be found
along the Atlantic and North Sea coast.
Black-browed Albatrosses are pelagic
birds that, when not breeding, 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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Photos |
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Race "melanophris"
No photos of Black-browed Albatrosses available from Europe yet, but we
have photographed race
"melanophris" in
Australia.
These pages are largely based on our own observations and those of our
contributors. The structure of these bird pages is explained HERE. For more salient facts on any bird species
please refer to a field guide.
Breeding
Nest
Eggs
Behaviour
Food
Call/s
