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Thalassarche impavida (Campbell Albatross)

Synonyms: Thalassarche melanophris impavida

Wikipedia Abstract

The Campbell albatross or Campbell mollymawk (Thalassarche impavida) is a medium-sized mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds only on Campbell Island and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie, a small New Zealand island group in the South Pacific. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-browed albatross. It is a medium-sized black and white albatross with a pale yellow iris.
View Wikipedia Record: Thalassarche impavida

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Thalassarche impavida

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
38
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.34094
EDGE Score: 3.23332
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.584 lbs (3.44 kg)
Female Weight [3]  5.897 lbs (2.675 kg)
Male Weight [3]  7.22 lbs (3.275 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  22.4 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  80 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  4.094 inches (104 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.598 inches (66 mm)
Fledging [1]  3 months 12 days
Incubation [3]  70 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  44 years
Wing Span [4]  7.544 feet (2.3 m)
Female Maturity [1]  10 years 7 months

Prey / Diet

Micromesistius australis (Southern poutassou)[5]
Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[6]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
♦ 5Campbell Albatross(Thalassarche impavida), Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – www.acap.aq
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0