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Grey-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, JR, 1785)
Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
Grey-headed Albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma, is a bird of the Southern Ocean and the southern oceans beyond the Subtropical Convergence, breeding on subantarctic islands including South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Macquarie, Campbell, and the islands of Ildefonso and Diego Ramirez. It is a member of the albatross family in the order Procellariiformes. Its name refers to the grey head, throat and upper neck, which set it apart from other mollymawks. Outside the breeding season it ranges widely across southern waters, mostly south of the Subtropical Convergence.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
- Breeding range
- Southern Ocean: subantarctic islands of Ildefonso and Diego Ramirez (sw of Tierra del Fuego), South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Campbell is. (s of South I., New Zealand)
- Nonbreeding range
- s oceans mostly s of Subtropical Convergence
