Bird name:

Yellow-nosed Albatross

thalassarche chlororhynchos

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Albatross (Diomedeidae)

Code 4

YNAL

Code 6

THACHL

ITIS

554452

Breeding Location:

Seashore, rocky or sandy

Breeding Type:

Solitary nester or colonial

Breeding Population:

Rare to accidental

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

Incubation Days:

130

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Mud sometimes mixed with grass.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Pelagic albatross with pale gray head, neck, and rump, black back and upperwings, white underparts and black margin around white underwings. Red-tipped black bill has a yellow patch on upper mandible. Sexes are similar. Juvenile resembles adult, except for all black bill and smaller eye patch.

Range and Habitat

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Generally found well out to sea off the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts with a few inland sightings.

Breeding and Nesting

Yellow-nosed Albatross: One white egg is laid in a nest made of mud and incubated for 78 days by both sexes. Young remain in the nest for 130 days. One brood per year.

Foraging and Feeding

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Feeds at night on the ocean's surface on squid, cuttlefish, and other marine animals.

Vocalization

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Usually silent at sea. Breeding call is a high pitched sound and continual clattering and braying.

Similar Species

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Black-browed Albatross is larger, bulkier with yellow bill.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Pelagic

The pelagic is a type of bird whose habitat is on the open ocean rather than in a coastal region or on inland bodies of water (lakes, rivers). An example of a pelagic bird is the blacklegged kittiwake.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

Upper mandible

The upper part of the bill.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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