Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross © birdguides.com

Vagrant to Antarctica.

© 2004 Birdpedia (Last update: 30/08/2006)		Breeds on various sub-Antarctic islands. Common in Australia seas, north to about Shark Bay, WA, and Sydney, NSW. Progressively less common further north.

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Some consider Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri) to be subspecies rather than full species (see Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri), which has prominent gold strips on both the top and bottom of the bill, has a greyer head and neck, that contrasts with its white forehead and crown, and a somewhat broader black leading edge on the underwing, and immatures with immature Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), which has a faint collar around the foreneck, and has a much darker underwing.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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