Indian yellow-nosed albatross
Thalassarche carteri (Mathews, 1912) Albatros de l’océan Indien Albatros clororrinco del Índico Updated on 8-Aug-2008 |
Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable | Near Threatened | Least Concern | Not Listed |
Sometimes referred to as Eastern yellow-nosed albatross
Indian yellow-nosed mollymawk |
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Order Procellariiformes Family Diomedeidae Genus Thalassarche Species T. carteri
Originally classified as Diomedea chlororhynchos(Rothchild 1903), Thalassarche carteri was elevated to specific status when Diomedea chlororhynchos was placed in the genus Thalassarche [11 ] and split into two species: T. chlororhynchos (Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross) and T. carteri (Indian yellow-nosed albatross) [12 ]. The recognition of T. chlororhynchos and T. carteri remains controversial [11 ] but this classification has been adopted by ACAP [1 ], Birdlife International [14 ], and several recent field guides of southern ocean seabirds [15-17 ].
Thalassarche carteri nests colonially and is and annual breeding species; each breeding cycle lasts about 8 months. Eggs are laid in September-October and are incubated for 78 days before hatching in November-December (Table 1). Chicks fledge in March-April after approximately 115 days in the nest [18, 19 ].
Thalassarche carteri breed on the French subantarctic island groups of
Breeding site name | Jurisdiction | Latitude | Longitude | Size of breeding site (hectares) |
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Falaise d'Entrecasteaux, Amsterdam | France | 37° 50' S | 77° 33' E | 40,000 |
Île de Croÿ, Iles Nuageuses & Clugny | France | 48° 38' S | 68° 39' E | |
Ile des Apotres, Ile des Apotres | France | 45° 58' S | 50° 27' E | 80,000 |
Ile des Pingouins, Ile des Pingouins | France | 46° 25' S | 50° 25' E | |
Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island | South Africa | 46° 38' S | 37° 57' E | 4,500 |
St Paul, St Paul | France | 38° 43' S | 77° 32' E | 80,000 |
The Pyramid, The Pyramid | New Zealand | 44° 26' S | 176° 14' W |
Threats
Nature of threat | Threat sub-category | Severity of threat | Scope of threat | Breeding site name | Threat species |
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Parasite or pathogen | Pathogen | Medium | Very High | Falaise d'Entrecasteaux | Pasteurella multocida |
Parasite or pathogen | Pathogen | Medium | Very High | Falaise d'Entrecasteaux | Pasteurella multocida |
Parasite or pathogen | Pathogen | High | Very High | Falaise d'Entrecasteaux | Pasteurella multocida |
Parasite or pathogen | Pathogen | High | High | Falaise d'Entrecasteaux | Pasteurella multocida |
The feeding behaviour of T. carteri is characterised by surface seizing and shallow dives. During the breeding season birds from Iles Crozet feed on a wide range of squid (38% fresh mass) and fish (58% fresh mass) taxa, with crustaceans being taken less frequently (4% fresh mass) [40 ]. A study on
Satellite tracking data are only currently available from breeding T. carteri from
Frequency of occurrence in region | |||
Resident/ Breeding and feeding range | Foraging range only | Few records - outside core foraging range | |
Known ACAP Range States | France South Africa | Australia | New Zealand |
Regional Fisheries Management Organisations | IOTC CCSBT CCAMLR SWIOFC SIOFA | WCPFC SEAFO SPRFMO | |
Exclusive Economic Zones of non-ACAP countries | Madagascar Mozambique |
CCAMLR - Comission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCSBT - Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
IOTC - Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
SPRFMO - South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
SEAFO - South-East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
SWIOFC - South-West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission
SIOFA - Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
WCPFC - Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
On
Key Gaps in Species Assessment
Further information on the disease prevalence and impacts on the species is required and appropriate management and mitigation measures to control and limit spread of the disease should be implemented as a priority. The distribution of these birds at sea is known only for birds whilst breeding at
Michael C. Double, Rosemary Gales, and Nadeena Beck.