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 NR    Pacific Albatross Id (Atlas): 931
    Thalassarche platei

Description (10)
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Family
Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Size
75 - 81 cm
Wingspan: 205 - 213 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1898)

Derivation
Thalassarche - Gk, thalassa, sea; ?: platei - ?

Abundance (Guide)
R - V

Rare vagrant.

Habitat
Marine, pelagic, in sub-tropical and sub-Antarctic waters of the South Pacific Ocean.

Range (Guide)
Three Kings and Chatham Is.
 
Image of Range of Pacific Albatross
Breeds at Chatham and Three Kings islands, New Zealand. Rare vagrant to seas off south-eastern Australia, north to about Byron Bay, New South Wales. Only scattered records further north.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status NR
Vulnerable.

See also EPBC Act List of Threatened Fauna.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Cuttle-fish, fish and other marine life, as well as galley-refuse from ships.

Voice
Usually silent at sea. Noisy in colonies, uttering low, nasal, grating croaks like a crow, 'argh-argh-argh', abrupt or drawn out. Males also give longer croaks, wails and groans.

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds on Chatham and Three Kings Islands (November - December).

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Nest
A conical mound, composed of earth and grass, with a small egg hollow, on the ground. In colonies.

Eggs (Guide)
1; chalky, creamy-white, sometimes speckled with brownish-red; ellipsoidal; 93 - 11 x 61 - 70 mm. Incubation: about 69 days; by both sexes, but initially by female after laying.

Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledging in about 120 - 150 days. Fed by both parents by incomplete regurtitation.

Subspecies
Diomedea Bulleri (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) is retained as a species in the genus Thalassarche following Brooke (2004) contra Robertson and Nunn (1998) who split it into Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) and Pacific Albatross (Thalassarche platei).

Some consider Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) and Pacific Albatross (Thalassarche platei) to be subspecies rather than full species.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma), Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri), Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) and Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta).


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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