Grey-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma - Albatros à tête grise
Systematics
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family:
Diomédéidés
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Genus:
Thalassarche
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Species:
chrysostoma
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 85 cm
- Wingspan: 180 à 220 cm.
- Weight: 3000 à 3750 g
Geographic range
Identification
Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) is a species of bird in the Diomedeidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Albatros à tête grise,
- Albatros cabecigrís,
- albatroz-de-cabeça-cinzenta,
- Graukopfalbatros,
- szürkefejű albatrosz,
- Grijskopalbatros,
- Albatros testagrigia,
- gråhuvad albatross,
- Gråhodealbatross,
- albatros sivohlavý,
- albatros šedohlavý,
- Gråhovedet Albatros,
- harmaapääalbatrossi,
- Gryskopmalmok (Gryskopalbatros),
- albatros capgrís,
- Súgtrosi,
- albatros szarogłowy,
- sivoglavi albatros,
- Сероголовый альбатрос,
- ハイガシラアホウドリ,
- 灰头信天翁,
- 灰頭信天翁,
Habitat
Grassland : Subantarctic ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife : The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean, Hadoram Shirihai
- Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
- New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
- Seabirds, an identification guide, Harrison Peter
- The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Graham Pizzey et Frank Knight
- Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels - ACAP, ACAP
- Biodiversity, Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
- HBW Alive,
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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