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Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris   [Temminck, 1828]
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Order: Procellariiformes Family: Diomedeidae
BTO Codes: AA , BLBAL EURING No: 140
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Endangered ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: melanophris recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 88 cm Wingspan: 230 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: Gr.: thalassa=the sea and Gr.: melas=black + ophrus=brow
World Distribution: BREEDS: islands in s oceans (eg Falklands, Kerguelen, Antipodes), RANGES: widely in s oceans and Atlantic
Habitat: Pelagic, breeds on islands on tussock-covered slopes
Diet:
TitBit: Albatrosses occasionally turn up in Britain, the most famous was "Albert" (fully Albert Ross), who first appeared on the Bass Rock in 1967, then subsequently at Hermanness, Shetland almost annually from 1972 to 1995  
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Cambridgeshire, 1897
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 18 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: April/May, July to October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Lothian (2002), Outer Hebrides (2002), Orkney (1975), Shetland (1997),
   North-east England: East Yorkshire (2002), North Yorkshire (1968),
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: Derbyshire ,
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire , Norfolk (2002),
   South-east England: Kent (2001), West Sussex (1974),
   South-west England: Cornwall , Devon , Dorset (1980), Isles of Scilly (1978),
   Wales: Pembrokeshire (1990),
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Other Names
Previously Diomedea melanophris
Gaelic: Welsh: Albatros Aelddu
Danish: Sortbrynet albatros Dutch: Wenkbrauwalbatros
Finnish: Mustalulma-albatrossi French: Albatros à sourcils noir
German: Mollymauk Hungarian: Sargaszemü albatrosz
Icelandic: Svaltrosi Irish: Albatras Dú-Mhalach
Italian: Albatros dal sopracciglo nero Norwegian: Savrtbtynalbatros
Polish: Albatros czarnobrewy Portuguese: Albatroz-olheirudo
Spanish: Albatros ojeroso Swedish: Svartbrynad albatross
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
   Tickell, W.L.N. 2000 Albatrosses Pica Press, Mountfield, Sussex [598.441 TIC]
   Brooke, M. de L. 2004 Albatrosses and petrels across the world Oxford University Press, Oxford [598.44 BRO]
See Also:
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.21, Jun 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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