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Diomedea melanophris Temminck, 1828 Thalassarche melanophrys Family: Diomedeidae Order: Procellariiformes Back
Black-browed albatross Mollymauk Albatros à sourcils noirs Albatros ojeroso
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) LR/nt CITES NL (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: intercontinental

Diomedea melanophris

Despite extensive ringing, movements not very well understood. Strong migratory movement N, with young of different populations showing distinct target areas; perhaps also adults. Most common straggler of all S albatrosses into N Atlantic, with 41 records for Britain alone up to 1985 (see page 206); also recorded off Norway, Faeroe Is, Spitsbergen and Iceland; less common in NW Atlantic, where D. chlororhynchos more regularly recorded. Tradition of ist capture as mascot for fishing vessels may have produced some of N Hemisphere records in past.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Antarctic, Oceania, South America
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

Populations