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The Chatham albatross is a mid sized albatross, weighing 3.1 to 4.7 kg (6.8–10.4 lb) and it has a length of 90 cm (35 in). The adult has a dark grey crown, face, upper mantle, back, upperwing, tail, and throat. They have a white rump and underparts. They also have a black thumbmark on the leading edge of the underwings, and a black tip on the wings. Their bill is yellow with a dark spot on the tip of the lower mandible. Finally, they have an orange cheek stripe. The juveniles have more extensive grey and their bill is blue-grey with black tips on both mandibles.
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When to see the Chatham Albatross
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Chatham Albatross
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Australia, Peru, United States, French Polynesia.
About the Chatham Albatross
The Chatham albatross, also known as the Chatham mollymawk or Chatham Island mollymawk, is a medium-sized black-and-white albatross which breeds only on The Pyramid, a large rock stack in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the shy albatross. It is the smallest of the shy albatross group.
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Easily confused with
Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosThe Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross averages 81 cm (32 in) in length.
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteriThe Indian yellow-nosed albatross weighs 2.55 kg (5.6 lb), is 76 cm (30 in) long and is 2 m (6.6 ft) across the wings.
Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleriBuller's albatross averages 79 cm (31 in).
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