Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Chathamalbatros
Common Names in Czech:
Albatros Chathamský
Common Names in Danish:
Chathamalbatros
Common Names in Dutch:
Chathamalbatros
Common Names in English:
Chatham Albatross
Common Names in French:
Albatros Des Chatham
Common Names in German:
Chathamalbatros
Common Names in Latin:
Diomedea cauta eremita
Common Names in Polish:
Albatros Siwoglowy
Description
Family Procellariidae
Small- to medium-sized seabirds with a characteristic tubular nasal passage which is used for smell. Most have weak legs , and all are strong fliers.
Habitat
Ecology: It usually nests
on rocky ledges and steep slopes
. It feeds
mostly on cephalopods
and fish3. An estimated 1,200-1,500 chicks fledged each year between 1993 and 1995, 2,100 of which were banded2.[1]
List of Habitats
:10.1Marine Oceanic
- Epipelagic
(0-200m)
13.1Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea
Cliffs
and Rocky Offshore Islands
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Suborder:
Ciconii
()
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
()
- Family:
Procellariidae
()
- Leach, 1820
- Petrels, Shearwaters
- Genus:
Thalassarche
()
- Specific name:
eremita
- Scientific name: - Thalassarche eremita Murphy, 1930
- Specific name:
eremita
- Genus:
Thalassarche
(
- Family:
Procellariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Thalassarche
There are approximately 22 species in this genus:
T. bulleri (Buller's Albatross) · T. carteri (Indian Yellow-Nosed Albatross) · T. cauta (Gray-Backed Albatross) · T. cauta cauta (Shy Albatross) · T. cauta eremita · T. cauta salvini · T. cauta steadi · T. chlororhynchos (Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross) · T. chlororhynchos bassi · T. chlororhynchos chlororhynchos (Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross) · T. chlororhynchus · T. chrysostoma (Grey-Headed Albatross) · T. eremita (Chatham Albatross) · T. impavida (Campbell Albatross) · T. melanophris (Black-Browed Albatross) · T. melanophris impavida · T. melanophris melanophris (Black-Browed Albatross) · T. melanophrys (Black-Browed Albatross) · T. melanophrys impavida · T. melanophrys melanophrys · T. salvini (Salvin's Albatross) · T. steadi (White-Capped Albatross)
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Further Reading
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2005. Threatened Birds of the World 2005. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/04/2005.
- IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2005. Thalassarche eremita. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1691966
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16656266
- IUCN ID: 40287
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026101
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
