Chatham_Albatross Chatham_Albatross

Chatham Albatross - Definition and Overview

Chatham Albatross
Conservation status: Critical
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Diomedeidae
Genus:Thalassarche
Species:eremita
Binomial name
Thalassarche eremita
(Murphy, 1930)

The Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita) 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 T. cauta.

The islet on which this albatross breeds has undergone a significant decline in habitat condition, the bird is therefore listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered. The current population is estimated at 11000.

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