Salvin's Albatross

Thalassarche salvini

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.

Scientific name

Thalassarche salvini

Family

Albatrosses

IUCN status

VU