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MarinePlatform nestHuge · 3.9 kg
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Salvin's albatross is about 90 cm (35 in) and 2.56 m (8.4 ft) across the wings. It weighs 3.3–4.9 kg (7.3–10.8 lb) and is, alongside the shy albatross, the largest of the mollymawk or small albatross group. The adult bird has a silver-grey crown. Its face, upper throat, and upper mantle are grey, and its back, upperwing, and tail are grey-black. It has a white rump and underparts with a black thumbmark on underwing and black narrow leading and trailing edges on the wing and black wing tips.
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When to see the Salvin's Albatross
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Salvin's Albatross
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 3 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 United States, South Africa, French Polynesia.
About the Salvin's Albatross
Salvin's albatross or Salvin's mollymawk, is a large seabird that breeds mainly on the Bounty Islands of New Zealand, with scant amounts on islands across the Southern Ocean. A medium-sized mollymawk, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the shy albatross.
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Easily confused with
Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostomaThe grey-headed albatross averages 81 cm (32 in) in length and 2.2 m (7.2 ft) in wingspan.
Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleriBuller's albatross averages 79 cm (31 in).
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.
Side by side: Black-browed Albatross vs Salvin's Albatross · Salvin's Albatross vs Shy Albatross · Grey-headed Albatross vs Salvin's Albatross · Buller's Albatross vs Salvin's Albatross · Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross vs Salvin's Albatross
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