Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, lifting off

Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, lifting off

Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, in flight, front view

Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, in flight, front view

Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, in flight

Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, in flight

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CAVS: 8050

Species Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)

Black-browed Albatross, Black-browed Mollymawk, Mollyhawk, Mollymawk

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Circumpolar in Southern Ocean, breeds on Antarctic/sub-Antarctic islands, most abundant in offshore waters but commonly seen from land


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022 PROCELLARIIFORMES 01-Nov-2022 MODIFIED
27-Oct-2015 DIOMEDEIDAE G.R. Gray, 1840 27-Oct-2015 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 PROCELLARIIFORMES 20-Aug-2013 MODIFIED Dr Wayne Longmore
20-Aug-2013 MODIFIED