Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross — Australian Bird Identification Guide

Bird guideIndian Yellow-nosed Albatross

A 2004 population estimate established that around a total of 65,000 adult birds are alive.

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⚠️Vulnerable

🍃Indigenous: Wool-Wool

At a glance

FamilyAlbatrosses

SizeLarge

RarityCommon

HabitatPelagic; mostly over open ocean, coming near land around breeding islands and sometimes seen from headlands or boats.

Best timeMost reliable in New South Wales from June to August.

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Recorded by Greg McLachlan

Range map

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200approx hotspots

7827approx records

3states

Low confidenceMediumHigh confidence

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

Paul. Ranges mainly at subtropical latitudes in the Indian Ocean, from South Africa to Australia, rarely to New Zealand. Young birds mostly white-headed with limited gray around eye; some difficult or impossible to separate from Atlantic Yellow-nosed. Bill is long, thin, and black, with yellow-orange stripe along the top ridge (culmen) on adults. Also look for thicker black leading edge on underwing to help separate from White-capped Albatross at a distance. Also compare with Gray-headed and Black-browed Albatross; note underwing pattern, bill pattern, head color.