Salvin's albatross

Salvin's albatross
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Thalassarche
Species:
T. salvini
Binomial name
Thalassarche salvini
Synonyms

Thalassarche cauta salvini

Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) or Salvin's mollymawk, is a large seabird that breeds mainly on the Bounty Islands of New Zealand, with scant amounts on islands across the Southern Ocean. A medium-sized mollymawk, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the shy albatross.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Thalassarche salvini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698388A132644161. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698388A132644161.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Brands, S. (2008)