Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
thalassarche chlororhynchos latin

There are four wetland areas on the island which each contain hundreds of Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses.

ARKive - images and movies of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) is a large seabird in the albatross family.

The birds include the Tristan Albatross, Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Great Shearwater, Antarctic Tern and Tristan Thrush.

In 2010 a paper published by Peter Ryan and Rob Ronconi in the journal Ardea reported an observation of Tristan Thrushes breaking open an egg of the Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross.

It is difficult to distinguish from the closely related Grey-headed Albatross and Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, the latter with which it was long considered conspecific and is still considered by some a subspecies of.

In 2004, BirdLife International split this species from the Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross; however Clements has not split it yet, and the SACC has not either, but recognizes the need for a proposal.

The birds seen on Brean Down include Peregrine falcon, jackdaw, kestrel, collared and stock doves, whitethroat, linnet, stonechat, dunnock, rock pipit and - in 2007 - Britain's first and only Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross.

ARKive - images and movies of the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) is a large seabird in the albatross family.