Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:13:p39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13 (pt 39/98)
Character Range: 327942–332015

Likelihood of occurrence  Consequences

Not significant           Minor                                        Moderate                                                                                 Major                                                                          Catastrophic

Almost certain            Human disturbance: visits to breeding sites  Climate variability and change: variation in Southern Oscillation Index                  Fisheries interactions: pelagic longline, trawl, ingestion of discarded hooks

                                                                       Competition with native species: habitat damage by fur seals

                                                                       Marine pollution: heavy metal contamination

                                                                       Marine pollution: marine plastics ingestion

Likely

Possible                                                               Introduced pest species: predation by cats, house mice, habitat degradation by rabbits.

Unlikely                  Human disturbance: visits to breeding sites

Rare or Unknown                                                        Marine pollution: oil spill contamination

Note: Threats occurring in Australia's jurisdiction are highlighted in bold.
Figure 1: Modelled Australian distribution of Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans).

Phoebetria palbebrata Light-mantled Albatross (Forster 1785)
Family: Diomedeidae

Taxonomy

Phoebetria palbebrata (Forster 1785) is accepted nomenclature for the Light-mantled Albatross. Originally Diomedea palbebrata Forster 1785. The genus Phoebetria was introduced by Reichenbach (1852) and a review by Nichols & Murphy (1914) included the Light-mantled Albatross within that genus as Phoebetria palbebrata. Genetic analyses support this nomenclature (Robertson & Nunn 1998, Nunn et al. 1996) with the nomenclature widely accepted (ACAP 2012m).

Current status of taxon

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

Species description

A small-medium albatross, the Light-mantled Albatross is approximately 78-90 cm in length, 2.6-3.7 kg in weight, with a wing length of 49-55 cm, and bill length of 98-117 mm (ACAP 2015, Menkhorst et al. 2017). Tubenosed; separate nostrils on a large, black plated bill with bluish bill stripe on lower mandible. Combination of dark and paler grey plumage, except for partial white ring to eye, with head, wings and tail dark, while body paler grey, with slender wings and wedge-pointed tail (Onley & Scofield 2007, BirdLife International 2018i).

Life history

Breeding locality                                      Jurisdiction

Heard Island, McDonald Islands, Macquarie Island       Australia

Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands                      France

Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Islands  New Zealand

Marion Island, Prince Edward Island                    South Africa

South Georgia/Islas Georgias del Sur                   Other

There are 71 breeding sites for the Light-mantled Albatross that occur on island groups of Australia (Heard Island, McDonald Islands, Macquarie Island), France (Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands), New Zealand (Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Islands), South Africa (Marion Island, Prince Edward Island), and other (South Georgia/Islas Georgias del Sur) (ACAP 2012m). The Light- mantled Albatross is predominantly a biennial breeder, when