Thalassarche melanophris, Black-browed albatross
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Thalassarche melanophris   (Temminck, 1828)

Black-browed albatross
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae

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

Others.  Subtropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean, Northeast Atlantic and the Antarctic. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 88.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934); max. published weight: 3.8 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 11.86 cm; tarsus: 8.8 cm; wing: 52.2 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A common, widespread species of albatross (Ref. 91362). Found along the continental shelf, in oceanic upwellings, and boundaries of currents (Ref. 356). Forms breeding colonies on grassy cliffs of oceanic islands. Trails ships (Ref. 91362). Feeds by scavenging and surface seizing (Ref. 356);

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Brooke, M. de L. 1995 The modern avifauna of the Pitcairn Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56:199-212. (Ref. 5718)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

Human uses


FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 High vulnerability (55 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.