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Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche impavida Mathews, 1912
Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
Campbell Albatross, Thalassarche impavida, is an albatross of the family Diomedeidae in the order Procellariiformes. It breeds in the Pacific Ocean on Campbell Island and the nearby islet of Jeanette Marie, south of New Zealand’s South Island. Outside the breeding season it ranges to southern Australia, the Ross Sea in Antarctica and the central Pacific. It is a medium-sized black and white bird, and the pale yellow iris is a key feature that sets it apart. It was described by Mathews in 1912.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Campbell and Jeanette Marie is. (Campbell Is., s of South I., New Zealand)
- Nonbreeding range
- to s Australia, Ross Sea (Antarctica) and c Pacific
