Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:13:p75
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13 (pt 75/98)
Character Range: 438760–442345

dispersal from the breeding colonies is generally in the higher latitudes of the Indian Ocean from southern Africa to southwest Australia, and occasionally extending into New Zealand waters in the southwest Pacific Ocean (Gales 1998, BirdLife International 2004, Pinaud & Weimerskirch 2007, ACAP 2012k).

Population estimates and trends

The global population is experiencing a very rapid decline over three generations (BirdLife International 2018o). There were an estimated 33,950 breeding pairs in 2016 (ACAP 2022).

Habitat critical to survival of species

The species is limited to six breeding sites on island groups of France (Amsterdam Island, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands), and South Africa (Prince Edward Island, Saint Paul Island), with the largest population on Amsterdam Island (ACAP 2012k).

Threats

The risk matrix for the Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross is provided at Table 32, with the threats occurring in Australia's jurisdiction highlighted.
Table 32: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri) risk matrix.
Likelihood of occurrence  Consequences

Not significant           Minor         Moderate                                               Major                                         Catastrophic

Almost certain                          Climate variability and change: sea temperature rise   Fisheries interactions: pelagic longline

                                        Introduced pest species: predation by cats, ship rats

Likely                                                                                         Disease: avian cholera, Erysipelas outbreaks

Possible

Unlikely

Rare or Unknown

Note: Threats occurring in Australia's jurisdiction are highlighted in bold.
Figure 14: Modelled Australian distribution of Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri).

Thalassarche chlororhynchos Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Gmelin 1789)
Family: Diomedeidae

Taxonomy

Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin 1789) is accepted nomenclature for the Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (ACAP 2012c). There has been significant taxonomic debate about the classification of Diomedeidae including, but not limited to, the introduction of the genus Thalassarche by Reichenbach (1852). Originally Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin 1789. The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross was included in the resurrected genus Thalassarche (Reichenbach 1852) at the specific level as Thalassarche chlororhynchos based on genetic analyses (Nunn et al. 1996, Robertson & Nunn 1998). ACAP has concluded on advice from its Taxonomy Working Group that available data warrant recognition of Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross at the specific level with the nomenclature generally accepted (Brooke et al. 2007, ACAP 2012c).

Current status of taxon

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth): not listed
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (Western Australia): Vulnerable
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (South Australia): Endangered
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: not listed

Species description

A small albatross, the Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross is approximately 75 cm in length, 1.8-2.8 kg in weight, with a wing length of 48-52 cm, and bill length of 107-122 mm (ACAP 2015, Menkhorst et al. 2017).