One of the 5 albatrosses on WAnimals
Birds · Procellariiformes · Diomedeidae
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The black-browed albatross is the most abundant albatross in the world, with a dark line above the eye that gives it a frowning expression. It breeds in enormous colonies in the Falklands, South Georgia, Chile and the subantarctic islands. For decades it was the chief victim of longline fisheries, and the introduction of mitigation measures in southern hemisphere fleets has allowed its population to recover and the IUCN to downlist it from Endangered to Least Concern.
Weight
2.9 kg – 4.7 kg
Size
80 cm – 95 cm
Life expectancy
70 years
