Species profile
Indian yellow-nosed albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Quick answer
Breeding regions are IO. Breeding subregions are Prince Edward Is. (s of South Africa), Crozet Is. (s of Madagascar), Amsterdam, St. Paul and Kerguelen is. (sw to se Indian Ocean). Non breeding regions are mainly s Indian Ocean between Tropic of Capricorn and Subtropical Convergence.
- Scientific name
- Thalassarche carteri
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Thalassarche
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Indian yellow-nosed albatross in your journal
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Related species in Diomedeidae
- Aldiomedes angustirostris (Aldiomedes angustirostris)
- Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
- Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)
- Black-browed albatros (Thalassarche melanophris)
- Brown Gooney (Phoebastria nigripes)
- Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)
- Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida)