Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789 Thalassarche chlororhynchos Family: Diomedeidae Order: Procellariiformes Back
Yellow-nosed albatross Gelbnasenalbatros Albatros à nez jaune Albatros clororrinco
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) LR/nt CITES NL (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: intercontinental

Diomedea chlororhynchos

Disperses over S Atlantic and Indian Oceans mainly between 15 and 50 S. Particularly numerous off South Africa and Argentina; abundant off S Australia and New Zealand; not recorded from W coast of S America. Sighted with increasing regularity off E coast of N America with 18 records from Quebec to Texas up to 1981; no reliable records for E side of N Atlantic, though recent British record presently under review.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

Populations