Wildlife
Black-browed albatrosses are particularly vulnerable to fishing, both by long-line and trawler. With some populations recently having declined by a third, they are now officially endangered. Black-browed albatrosses spend months and months out at sea, only returning to land to breed on the steep, tussock-covered, coasts of the islands in the southern oceans. The Falklands and South Georgia together have over 75% of the world's black-browed albatross population with the birds usually returning to the same nesting sites year after year.
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Rockhoppers and albatrosses jostle for breeding space.
Rockhoppers and albatrosses jostle for breeding space.
Saving the albatross
Carol Thatcher travels to the Falkland Islands to report on the world's largest flying seabirds.
With over 530,000 breeding pairs in the southern hemisphere, black-browed albatrosses are one of the most common albatross species. However this hasn’t prevented them from suffering the same rapid decline in numbers as the other albatross species: a decline of 67% in the past 65 years. Estimates suggest that 100,000 albatrosses die each year globally - the result of introduced predators eating eggs and attacking birds at their nesting sites, pollution and - most seriously - long-line fishing. But there is still hope. Birdlife International are working with partners and charities to create a global task force, educating and informing local fisherman on simple, cost-effective ways of avoiding damage.
The Black-browed albatross can be found in a number of locations including: Antarctica. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.
The following habitats are found across the Black-browed albatross distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.
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Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web
The Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), also known as the Black-browed Mollymawk, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae; it is the most widespread and common member of its family.
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Courtship display
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Acoustic communication
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