Indian yellow-nosed albatross  (Thalassarche carteri)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Procellariiformes
Family Diomedeidae
Genus Thalassarche (1)
Size Length: 76 cm (2)
Wingspan: 2 m (3)
Weight 2.55 kg (3)

Status

The Indian yellow-nosed albatross is classified as Endangered (EN A4bde) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1) and as ‘rare or likely to become extinct' on the Western Australian Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (4).