Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita) - Wiki Chatham Albatross
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Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Synonyms: Thalassarche cauta eremita
[Photo] Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita) taking off; Albatros de Chatham (Thalassarche cauta eremita). Mar afuera, frente a Valparaiso, Chile. Enero 6, 2007. Source: Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/pablocaceres/349892910/). Author: pablo_caceres_c (www.flickr.com/photos/pablocaceres/).
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 11,000.
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