Indian yellow-nosed albatross
Indian yellow-nosed albatross | |
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Off the south-east coast of Tasmania | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Diomedeidae |
Genus: | Thalassarche |
Species: | T. carteri
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Binomial name | |
Thalassarche carteri (
Rothschild , 1903) | |
Synonyms | |
Thalassarche chlororhynchos carteri |
The Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) is a member of the
Taxonomy
Mollymawks are a type of albatross that belong to the family
Description
The Indian yellow-nosed albatross weighs 2.55 kg (5.6 lb), is 76 cm (30 in)[8] long and is 2 m (6.6 ft) across the wings.[9] The adult has a pale grey or white head and nape, with a dark grey mantle, upperwing, and tail. Its rump and underparts are white, and its underwing is white with a black tip with a narrow black margin at the leading edge. Its bill is black with a yellow upper ridge and a red tip. The juvenile has a white head and all black bill.[8] It is difficult to distinguish from the closely related grey-headed albatross and Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross, the latter with which it was long considered conspecific and is still considered by some a subspecies of. It can be distinguished from the Atlantic yellow-nosed by its head, the grey plumage of which is lighter on the Indian yellow-nosed.
Behaviour
Reproduction
Like all albatrosses, the Indian yellow-nosed albatross is a
Feeding
It feeds on fish,
Range and habitat
Location | Population | Date | Trend |
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Amsterdam Island | 27,000 pair | 1997 | Declining |
Prince Edward Islands | 7,500 pair | 2002 | Stable |
Crozet Island |
7,030 pair | 2007 | |
Kerguelen Island |
50 pair | 1998 | |
Île Saint-Paul | 3 pair | 2007 | |
Total | 65,000 | 2004 | Declining |
It breeds on
Conservation
It is considered to be an
Monitoring of the birds and studying of its foraging is an ongoing project on Amsterdam Island, and Prince Edward Islands is a nature preserve. A vaccination has been developed but remains untested.[14] Finally, in 2006, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission adopted a measure to require longline boats to use a bird streamer south of 30°S, and South Africa requires its boats to use a variety of mitigation processes.[8]
Footnotes
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2008)(b)
- ^ Clements, J. (2007)
- ^ Remsen Jr., J. V. (2008)
- ^ Double, M. C. (2003)
- ^ Ehrlich, Paul R. (1988)
- ^ C.J.R. ROBERTSON. "THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE INDIAN YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS THALASSARCHE CARTERI" (PDF). Marineornithology.org. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h BirdLife International (2008a)
- ^ "ARKive - Indian yellow-nosed albatross videos, photos and facts - Thalassarche carteri". Archive.today. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ Brooke M. (2004)
- ^ Cherel Y. & Klages N. (1998)
- ^ Pinaud D. & Weimerskirch, H. (2007)
- ^ Harrison P. (1983)
- ^ a b c Ryan, P. G. et al. (2002)
- ^ Weimerskirch, H. (2008)
- ^ ACAP (2007)
- ^ Weimerskirch, H. & Jouventin P. (1998)
References
- ACAP (2007). "ACAP species assessments, Indian Yellow-nosed albatross" (PDF). ACAP.[dead link]
- BirdLife International (2008a). "Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Data Zone. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 18 Feb 2009.
- BirdLife International (2008). "The BirdLife checklist of the birds of the world, with conservation status and taxonomic sources". Archived from the original (xls) on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 Feb 2009.
- Brooke, M. (2004). "Procellariidae". Albatrosses And Petrels Across The World. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850125-0.
- Cherel, Y.; Klages, N. (1998). "A review of the food of albatrosses". In Robertson, G.; Gales, G. (eds.). Albatross biology and conservation. Chipping Norton, Australia: Surrey Beatty & Sons. pp. 113–136.
- Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6th ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
- Double, M. C. (2003). "Procellariiformes (Tubenosed Seabirds)". In Hutchins, Michael; Jackson, Jerome A.; Bock, Walter J.; Olendorf, Donna (eds.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8. Vol. Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. Joseph E. Trumpey, Chief Scientific Illustrator (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 107–111. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
- Ehrlich, Paul R.; Dobkin, David, S.; Wheye, Darryl (1988). The Birders Handbook (First ed.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. pp. 29–31. ISBN 0-671-65989-8.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Harrison, P. (1983). Seabirds: an identification guide. Beckenham, U.K.: Croom Helm.
- Pinaud, D.; Weimerskirch, H. (2007). "At-sea distribution and scale-dependent foraging behaviour of petrels and albatrosses: a comparative study". Journal of Animal Ecology. 76 (1): 9–19. PMID 17184348.
- Remsen Jr., J. V.; et al. (7 Aug 2008). "A classification of the bird species of South America, South American Classification Committee, American Ornithologists' Union". South American Classification Committee. American Ornithologists' Union. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 18 Feb 2009.
- Ryan, P. G.; Keith, D. G.; Kroese, M. (2002). "Seabird bycatch by tuna longline fisheries off southern Africa, 1998-2000". South African Journal of Marine Science. 24 (24): 103. .
- Weimerskirch, H. (2008) in litt.
- Weimerskirch, H.; Jouventin, P. (1998). "Changes in population sizes and demographic parameters of six albatross species breeding on the French sub-antarctic islands". In Robertson, G.; Gales, R. (eds.). Albatross biology and conservation. Chipping Norton, Australia: Surrey Beatty and Sons. pp. 84–91.