Salvin's Albatross

Thalassarche salvini - Albatros de Salvin

Systematics

Order
:
Procellariiformes
Family
:
Diomédéidés
Genus
:
Thalassarche
Species
:
salvini

Descriptor

Rothschild, 1893

Biometrics

Size
: 90 cm
Wingspan
: 250 cm.
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) is a species of bird in the Diomedeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Albatros de Salvin,
Albatros de Salvin,
Albatroz-de-salvin,
Graurückenalbatros,
szürkehátú albatrosz,
Salvins Albatros,
Albatros di Salvin,
salvinalbatross,
Sølvhodealbatross,
albatros kapucňový,
albatros snarský,
Grårygget Albatros,
Salvinalbatros (-malmok),
albatros de Salvin,
albatros szarogrzbiety,
Альбатрос Сальвина,
サルビンアホウドリ,
萨氏信天翁,
沙文氏信天翁,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World, Onley Derek et Scofield Paul
Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds, Parkinson Brian
Seabirds, an identification guide, Harrison Peter
The hand guide to the birds of New Zealand, Robertson Hugh et Heather Barrie
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.

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