Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea sanfordi
Summary 3
The Northern Royal Albatross or Toroa,Diomedea sanfordi, is a large seabird from the albatross family. It was split from the closely related Southern Royal Albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and consider both of them to be subspecies of the Royal Albatross.
Conservation 4
All populations of the northern royal albatross are monitored annually, and predator control initiatives at Taiaroa Head during the breeding season have dramatically improved annual reproductive success rates. Feral cattle, rabbits and mice have all been eradicated from Enderby Island, and Taiaroa Head and Enderby Island are established as nature reserves (2). The northern royal albatross is also listed on Annex 1 of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), a multilateral agreement which seeks to conserve albatrosses and petrels by coordinating international activity to mitigate known threats to these magnificent seabirds (4).
Range 5
Northern Royal Albatrosses nest on the Chatham Islands (Forty-fours Island, Big Sister Island, and Little Sister Island), Enderby Island in the Auckland Islands, and at Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. The Taiaroa Head colony is the only albatross colony of any species found on a human-inhabited mainland. When they are not breeding Northern Royal Albatrosses undertake circumpolar flights in the southern oceans, and in particular like the Humboldt Current and the Patagonian Shelf.
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- (c) David Nowell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7259557@N05/5719487065
- (c) Nuytsia@Tas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuytsia_pix/5736114157/
- Adapted by Brittany Burson from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedea_sanfordi
- (c) Wildscreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/6681772
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Royal_Albatross
More Info
iNat Map
| Color | black, pink, white |
|---|---|
| Status | endangered |
