Thalassarche chlororhynchos, Yellow-nosed albatross
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Thalassarche chlororhynchos   (Gmelin, 1789)

Yellow-nosed 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.  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 256 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934); max. published weight: 2.1 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 11.61 cm; tarsus: 7.65 cm; wing: 47.63 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum length refers to wing span (Ref. 84934). Surface seizing; oceanic (Ref. 89128).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Cherel, Y., C.-A. Bost, C. Guinet and H. Weimerskirch 2005 Feeding habits of seabirds and marine mammals of the Kerguelen Archipelago. pp. 31-36 In Palomares, M.L.D., Pruvost, P., Pitcher, T.J., Pauly, D. (eds.) Modeling Antarctic marine ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 13(7). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (Ref. 89128)

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

  Endangered (EN) (A4bd; B2ab(v)); 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 |

Tools

E-book | Field guide

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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)		 Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.