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Albatross Species |
Scientists used to believe there were 13 or 14 species of
albatross. Now scientists have officially named 20 species of albatross.
Some albatross species are also known as mollymawks. Nowadays the use of the name mollymawk isn't so common.
List of the 20 albatross species
This list is in alphabetical order. If you click on the albatross species name you will go to the Birdlife International website, which has more information on albatrosses. Some of the information below has come from the Birdlife International site.
Species: Amsterdam
Scientific name: Diomedea amsterdamensis
Population: 90
Status: Critically Endangered
Home: Southern Indian Ocean. Breeds on Plateau des Tourbion Amsterdam
Island.
Species: Antipodean
(Wandering)
Scientific name: Diomedea antipodensis
Population: 40,000
Status: Endangered
Home: Endemic to New Zealand. Breeds on the Antipodes and Campbell Islands.
Species: Atlantic
yellow-nosed
Scientific name: Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Population: estimated at 27,000 to 46,000 breeding pairs
Status: Near threatened
Home: South Atlantic Ocean. Breeds on Gough and all the islands in the
Tristan da Cunha archipelago, Tristan da Cunha.
Species: Black-browed
Scientific name: Thalassarche melanophrys
Population: 3,000,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: New Zealand (Campbell, Antipodes and Snares Islands), Falkland Islands,
Islas Diego Ramirez (Chile), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,
Crozet and Kerguelen Islands, Heard and McDonald Islands, Macquarie Island
(Australia).
Species: Black-footed
Scientific name: Phoebastria nigripes
Population: 278,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (USA) and three outlying islands of
Japan.
Species: Bullers
Scientific name: Thalassarche bulleri
Population: 58,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Endemic to New Zealand. Breeds on Snares Island, Solander Islands,
Big and Little Sister Islands in the Chatham Island group, and Rosemary
Rock, Three Kings Islands off the North Island.
Species: Campbell
Scientific name: Thalassarche impavida
Population: 38-52,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Endemic to New Zealand. Breeds only on the northern and western
coastline of Campbell Island and the tiny offshore islet, Jeanette Marie.
Species: Chatham
Scientific name: Thalassarche eremita
Population: 10-11,000
Status: Critically Endangered
Home: Endemic to New Zealand. Breeds only on The Pyramid, a large rock
stack in the Chatham Islands.
Species: Grey-headed
Scientific name: Thalassarche chrysostoma
Population: 250,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Breeds on Campbell Island (New Zealand), Islas Diego Ramirez
(Chile), South Georgia, Prince Edward and Marion Islands (South Africa),
Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands (French Southern Territories) and Macquarie
Island (Australia).
Species: Indian
yellow-nosed
Scientific name: Thalassarche carteri
Population: 165-185,000
Status:Vulnerable
Home: Breeds on Prince Edward Island (South Africa), Crozet Islands, Kerguelen
Islands, Amsterdam and St Paul Islands (French Southern Territories).
Species: Light-mantled
Scientific name: Phoebetria palpebrata
Population: 58,000
Status: Near threatened
Home: Breeds on Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes islands (New Zealand),
South Georgia, Prince Edward and Marion Islands (South Africa), Amsterdam,
St Paul, Crozet and Kerguelen islands (French Southern Territories), Heard
Island and Macquarie Island (Australia).
Species: Northern
royal
Scientific name: Diomedea sanfordi
Population: 10,000 ? 13,000 ?
Status: Endangered
Home: Endmic to New Zealand. Breeds on Forty-Fours, Big and Little Sister
Islands (Chatham Islands), Taiaroa Head (Otago Peninsula, South Island)
and Enderby Island (Auckland Islands).
They can be visited in New Zealand at Taiaroa Heads, Otago Peninsula -
about 15 minutes out of Dunedin city.
Species: Salvin’s
Scientific name: Thalassarche salvini
Population: 62,7000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Endemic to New Zealand. Breeds on the Bounty Islands, Western Chain
(Snares Islands), and possibly The Pyramid (Chatham Islands).
Species: Short-tailed
Scientific name: Phoebastria albatrus
Population: 1200
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Tori-shima and the Senkaku Islands, Japan.
Species: Shy
Scientific name: Thalassarche cauta
Population 70-90,000
Status: Near threatened
Home: New Zealand - Auckland Islands, Adams Islands, Antipodes Islands,
Chatham Islands at Forty-Fours Island and Australia - Bass Strait on Albatross
Island, southern Tasmania at Mewstone and Pedra Branca.
Species: Sooty
Scientific name: Phoebetria fusca
Population: 42,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Breeds on islands in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Species: Southern
royal
Scientific name: Diomedea epomophora
Population: 28,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Endemic to New Zealand. Breeds on Adams, Enderby and Auckland Islands
(Auckland Islands group), Campbell Island, and on Taiaroa Head (Otago
Peninsula, South Island).
Species: Tristan
Scientific name: Diomedea dabbenena
Population: 9000
Status: Endangered
Home: Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha
Species: Wandering
Scientific name: Diomedea exulans
Population: 28,000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: Found in New Zealand waters. Breeds on South Georgia, Prince
Edward and Marion Islands (South Africa), Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands
(French Southern Territories) and Macquarie Island (Australia).
Species: Waved
Scientific name: Phoebastria irrorata
Population: 31,2000 – 36,4000
Status: Vulnerable
Home: South EspaIsland in the Gal Islands, and Isla de la Plata off Manabíprovince,
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