Albatrosses

Salvin's Albatross

Thalassarche salvini

The Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) is a 3.9 kg bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Albatrosses

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

3.9 kg

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in New Zealand, Chile, Australia, Peru.

Where to see it: Kaikoura · offshore · Albatross Encounter pelagic (general) (New Zealand); Drake Passage (Antarctic waters) (Antarctica); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile); Estero Mantagua (Chile).

Photo: (c) rempson, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist