Yellow-nosed Albatross

thalassarche chlororhynchosOrder: PROCELLARIIFORMESFamily: Albatross (Diomedeidae)
Yellow-nosed Albatross Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
  • Eye color:
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown color: Gray
  • Forehead color: Gray
  • Nape Color: Pale Gray
  • Throat color: White
  • Cere color:
Yellow-nosed Albatross Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 71-81 cm (28-32 in)
  • Weight: 2448 g (86.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color: White, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: White
  • Upperparts: Dark Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Yellow-nosed Albatross Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Soars effortlessly and glides for hours using little energy.
  • Wingspan Range: 177-205 cm (70-81 in)
  • Wing Shape: Long-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid dark gray tail.
  • Upper Tail: Dark Gray
  • Under Tail: Pale Gray
  • Leg color: Gray
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Family Albatross (Diomedeidae)_blue
Species thalassarche chlororhynchos
Length28 - 32 Inches
Wingspan75.5 Inches

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Pelagic albatross with pale gray head, neck, rump, black back, upperwings, white underparts and black margin around white underwings. Red-tipped black bill has yellow patch on upper mandible. Gray legs, feet. Glides and soars for hours with minor adjustments to wing position.

● Song: "clack, clack, clack, clack"

● Foraging & Feeding: Yellow-nosed Albatross: Feeds at night on the ocean's surface on squid, cuttlefish, and other marine animals.

● Breeding & nesting: Yellow-nosed Albatross: One white egg is laid in a nest made of mud and incubated for 78 days by both sexes. Young remain in the nest for 130 days. One brood per year.

● Similar species: Yellow-nosed Albatross: Black-browed Albatross is larger, bulkier with yellow bill.

Flight Pattern

Soars effortlessly and glides for hours using little energy.
Yellow-nosed Albatross Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Yellow-nosed Albatross: Generally found well out to sea off the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts with a few inland sightings.
BreedingSolitary nester or colonial
PopulationRare to accidental
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight86.4 Ounces