Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:13:p61
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13 (pt 61/98)
Character Range: 395255–398886

on island groups of Australia (Macquarie Island), France (Amsterdam Island, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands), New Zealand (Antipodes Islands, Campbell Island), South Africa (Prince Edward Islands), and United Kingdom (Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha), with the largest population at Antipodes Island (ACAP 2012i).

Threats

The risk matrix for the Grey Petrel is provided at Table 24, with the threats occurring in Australia's jurisdiction highlighted.
Table 24: Grey Petrel (Procellaria cinerea) risk matrix.
Likelihood of occurrence  Consequences

Not significant           Minor         Moderate                                                              Major                                                               Catastrophic

Almost certain                                                                                                Fisheries interactions: pelagic longline, demersal longline

                                                                                                              Introduced pest species: predation by cats, black rats, house mice

Likely

Possible                                Human disturbance: at breeding sites leading to trampling of burrows

Unlikely

Rare or Unknown                         Disease: avian cholera

Note: Threats occurring in Australia's jurisdiction are highlighted in bold.

Albatross species only foraging in Australia's jurisdiction

Diomedea amsterdamensis Amsterdam Albatross Roux et al. 1983
Family: Diomedeidae

Taxonomy

Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux et al. 1983 is accepted nomenclature for the Amsterdam Albatross. There has been considerable debate about the taxonomy for the wandering-type albatrosses (ACAP 2012a). Originally Diomedea exulans Linnaeus 1758. A review undertaken by Roux et al. (1983) recommended raising to specific level, based on the species' adult plumage patterns, morphology and breeding biology (ACAP 2012a).

Current status of taxon

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth): Endangered
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (Western Australia): Critically Endangered
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (South Australia): not listed
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (Victoria): not listed
Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 (Tasmania): not listed
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (New South Wales): not listed
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Queensland): species not recorded in Queensland
IUCN Red list of Threatened Species: Endangered
Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020: population visiting Australia Endangered

Species description

A large albatross, the Amsterdam Albatross is approximately 100-110 cm in length, 4.8-8.0 kg in weight, with a wing length of 62-68 cm, and bill length of 138-156 mm (ACAP 2015, Menkhorst et al. 2017). Tubenosed; separate nostrils on a large, pink plated bill with greenish tip, and distinctive dark cutting edge. Eye with white eyelid. Combination of white and brown plumage, with mostly dark brown upperparts, with variable white on neck and back, with face and underparts mostly white, except for brown wingtips, with variable brown breast band (Onley & Scofield 2007, BirdLife International 2018a). Very similar in plumage to Wandering Albatross.

Life history

Breeding locality  Jurisdiction

Amsterdam Island   France

Endemic to the Amsterdam Island (France) with one breeding site on the island. The Amsterdam Albatross is a biennial breeder, when successful. On average, each breeding pair produces one egg every 1.8 years and fledges a chick every 2.4 years (Jouventin et al. 1989). Adult birds begin arriving at