Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos, breeds on islands in the Tristan da Cunha group, including Gough, in the south Atlantic Ocean. Outside the breeding season it is found mainly in the southern Atlantic between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Subtropical Convergence. It is an albatross in the family Diomedeidae and was first described by Gmelin in 1789. The bird is a mollymawk with a grey head, a black bill marked by a yellow culminicorn and pink tip, and a narrow black edge to the underwing.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Diomedeidae — Albatrosses

Breeding range

Atlantic Ocean: Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean)

Nonbreeding range

mainly s Atlantic Ocean between Tropic of Capricorn and Subtropical Convergence