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Salvin's albatross

Thalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893)

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The salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) is a species in the family Diomedeidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh 3.66 kg to 4.31 kg and live up to 28.5 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the salvin's albatross

Weight
3.66 kg – 4.31 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
28.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
40 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Egg incubation
69 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
6 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Photos of the salvin's albatross

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Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini)
Mjobling at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the salvin's albatross live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The salvin's albatross is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the salvin's albatross?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) or Salvin's mollymawk, is a large seabird that breeds mainly on the Bounty Islands of New Zealand, with scant amounts on islands across the Southern Ocean. A medium-sized mollymawk, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the shy albatross.

From the Wikipedia article “Salvin's albatross” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvin%27s_albatross&oldid=1371443865), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the salvin's albatross endangered?

The salvin's albatross is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the salvin's albatross classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyDiomedeidae
  6. genusThalassarche
  7. SpeciesThalassarche salvini (Rothschild, 1893)

Synonyms Diomedea cauta salvini, Diomedea salvini, Diomedella cauta atlantica, Diomedella cauta peruvia, Thalassarche cauta salvini, Thalassogeron layardi, Thalassogeron salvini

Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • Salvin's mollymawkEnglish
  • Salvin's shy albatrossEnglish
  • Salvin’s albatrossEnglish
  • Salvin’s albatrossEnglish
  • قطرس سالفينArabic
  • Албатрос на СалвинBulgarian
  • Albatroz SalvinBreton
  • albatros snarskýCzech
  • Grårygget AlbatrosDanish
  • SalvinalbatrosGerman
  • GraurückenalbatrosGerman
  • Salvin-AlbatrosGerman
  • salvina albatrosoEsperanto
  • Albatros de SalvinSpanish
  • Albatros de frente blancaSpanish
  • kahknokk-pagualbatrossEstonian
  • آلباتروس سلوینPersian
  • Albatros de SalvinFrench
  • אלבטרוס סאלוויןHebrew
  • srebrnastoglavi albatrosCroatian
  • szürkehátú albatroszHungarian
  • Albatros salvinIndonesian
  • Albatro di SalvinItalian
  • Albatros di SalvinItalian
  • サルビンアホウドリJapanese
  • Salvino albatrosasLithuanian
  • ToroaMāori
  • Сэльвин альбатросWestern Mari
  • Tónteel tsídiitsoh bikʼos łibáhígííNavajo
  • Salvins AlbatrosDutch
  • SølvhovudalbatrossNorwegian Nynorsk
  • sølvhodealbatrossNorwegian
  • albatros szarogrzbietyPolish
  • سالون البٹراسWestern Panjabi
  • albatroz-de-salvinPortuguese
  • albatroz-de-dorso-cinzentoPortuguese
  • Альбатрос СальвинаRussian
  • Сероспинный альбатросRussian
  • albatros kapucňovýSlovak
  • Salvinov albatrosSerbian
  • salvinalbatrossSwedish
  • gråryggig albatrossSwedish
  • Salvin AlbatrosuTurkish
  • Альбатрос СальвінаUkrainian
  • альбатрос баунтійськийUkrainian
  • 萨氏信天翁Chinese
  • 沙文氏信天翁Chinese

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Relatives of the salvin's albatross

Other species in the same genus Thalassarche.

CompareSalvin's albatross vs Black-browed albatrossSalvin's albatross vs Shy albatrossSalvin's albatross vs Grey-headed albatrossSalvin's albatross vs Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the salvin's albatross?

An adult salvin's albatross weighs 3.66 kg – 4.31 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the salvin's albatross live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the salvin's albatross for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the salvin's albatross endangered?

The salvin's albatross is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the salvin's albatross live?

The salvin's albatross has a recorded lifespan of 28.5 years.

What kind of animal is the salvin's albatross?

The salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) belongs to the family Diomedeidae in the order Procellariiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/salvins-albatross

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{salvins_albatross_2026,
  title = {Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/salvins-albatross},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}