Salvin's Albatross

Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893)

Salvin's Albatross, Thalassarche salvini, is a member of the albatross family in the order Procellariiformes and breeds in the Indian and Pacific oceans, chiefly on the Bounty Islands east of Stewart Island, with smaller numbers on the western Snares and a few on the Crozet Islands. Outside the breeding season it moves through temperate and subtropical waters off south-eastern Australia, the west coast of South America and southern Africa. It was named by Rothschild in 1893 in honour of Osbert Salvin. It is a mollymawk and was once treated as part of the shy albatross group.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Diomedeidae — Albatrosses

Breeding range

Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean: Bounty (most of population; e of Stewart I.), w Snares (s of South I.; New Zealand) and Crozet is. (few; South Indian Ocean)

Nonbreeding range

to temperate and subtropical waters off se Australia, w coast of South America, and s Africa