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The IUCN classifies this bird as endangered due to rapidly declining numbers in South Georgia which holds around half the world's population.
Endangered
Indigenous: Yellow-Nosed Albatross, Flat-Billed Mollymawk, Gould Albatross, Flat-Billed Albatross, Grey-Headed Mollymawk, Gould's Yellow-Nosed Mollymawk, Yellow-Nosed Mollymawk, Grey-Mantled Albatross
At a glance
FamilyAlbatrosses
SizeGiant
RarityCommon
HabitatCoastlines, harbours, offshore waters, estuaries, headlands, beaches, and large inland water when conditions suit.
Best timeMost reliable in Tasmania from December.
Sounds
Sound sampleRecorded by Santiago Imberti
Range map
Range map
55visible hotspots
205visible records
5states
SparseModerateDense hotspot
Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Overview
Adult has a gray head, thick black underwing margins like much commoner Black-browed Albatross. Immatures look similar to Black-browed overall, but told by black bill that soon develops yellow along top, and often with variable gray hood. Yellow bill edges narrower than the more lightly built Buller’s Albatross, which occurs to the north but is often mistaken for Gray-headed.
Behavior
A. (2004). "Diet of Grey-headed Albatrosses at Diego Ramirez Islands, Chile: ecological implications" (PDF). Hobart, Australia: Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) Cherel, Y.; Weimerskirch, H.; Trouve, C. (2002). "Dietary evidence for spatial foraging segregation in sympatric albatrosses (Diomedea spp.) rearing chicks at Iles Nuageuses, Kerguelen". G.; Upfold, L.; et al. (2003). "Populations of surface nesting seabirds at Marion Island, 1994/95-2002/03".
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