South Georgia Island and South Sandwich Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: There are 48,000 pairs on this island (Ref. 84934). C: Ref. 87566, 92197, 84934; O: Ref. 87566.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bost, C.A., C. Cotté, F. Bailleul, Y. Cherel, J.B. Charrassin, C. Guinet, D.G. Ainley and H. Weimerskirch, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Grey-headed albatross, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Aves > Procellariiformes (Tubenoses) > Diomedeidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cmmax. published weight: 3.6 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 11.24 cm; tarsus: 8.65 cm; wing: 51.96 cm.

Mortality of mostly adult birds, due to long-line fishing (Ref. 84934). Scavenging; surface seizing; oceanic (Ref. 356).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Enticott, J. and D. Tipling. 1997. (Ref. 84934)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (A4bd); Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Human uses

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.3 - 9.1, mean 5.2 (based on 263 cells).

Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=4.43-9.34).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, 1785)