SALVIN'S ALBATROSS

Photographed on Kiama Pelagic, June 2016

792            SALVIN'S ALBATROSS              Thalassarche salvini

Australia       (637)

Also known as Salvin's Mollymawk. For a long time considered a subspecies of the Shy Albatross. 90 cm, wingspan 2.56 m. Breeds on three distinct island groups: Ile des Oingouins in the Crozet Islands in the Indian Ocean; Bounty Island and the Snares south of NZ; the Pyramid and Forty-Four Islands. At sea they range from South Africa tonAustralia to the east Coast of South America.

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.