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Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri (Rothschild, 1903)
Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche carteri, is an albatross of the Indian Ocean, breeding on Prince Edward Islands, the Crozet Islands, Amsterdam, St Paul and Kerguelen. Outside the breeding season it is found mainly in the southern Indian Ocean between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Subtropical Convergence. It is the smallest of the mollymawks and belongs to the family Diomedeidae in the order Procellariiformes. The adult has a pale head and nape, darker upperparts, white underparts and a black bill marked with yellow and red. The juvenile has a white head and an all-black bill.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
- Breeding range
- Indian Ocean: Prince Edward Is. (s of South Africa), Crozet Is. (s of Madagascar), Amsterdam, St. Paul and Kerguelen is. (sw to se Indian Ocean)
- Nonbreeding range
- mainly s Indian Ocean between Tropic of Capricorn and Subtropical Convergence
