CAMPBELL ALBATROSS

275           CAMPBELL ALBATROSS         Thalassarche impavida

Australia          (245)

Also known as Campbell mollymawk. It breeds on Christmas Island and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie. Juveniles and breeders will go through south Australia water, the Tasman Sea and south-western Pacific.Weigh 3.21 kg and is 88cm long. Average life expectancy is 28 years but some have lived to be more than 50.

SHY ALBATROSS

274         SHY ALBATROSS            Diomedea cauta

Australia        (244)

Also known as White-capped Albatross and Mollymawk. It ranges around the ocean and all coast lines below Tropic of Capricorn. Largest of the Albatrosses, 90-100 cm, wingspan 2.1 to 2.6 m. The only Albatross with Australian breeding stations, at Albatross Rock in Bass Strait, the Mewstone and Pedra Branca, in s. Tasmania.

NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS

273       NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS      Diomedea epomophora

Australia                 (243)

1-1.2 m; wingspan 3-3.5 m. Sometimes divided into Northern Royal Albatross and Southern Royal Albatross. Found off the shores of southern Australia, Victoria and southern NSW.

              

BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

272      BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS             Diomedea melanophris

Australia        (242)
 
Also known as Mollymawk. 84-94 cm, wingspan 2.1-2.5 m. Most abundant of Albatrosses, breeds all around the Polar region. Range around Australia coastal regions up as far as Tropic of Capricorn.