Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:13:p81
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13 (pt 81/98)
Character Range: 457316–460644

large, mostly grey bill with yellow upper ridge and black lower tip. Combination of black, grey and white plumage, with grey head and dark eye patch, with white body, with black upper wings, back and tail, and leading edge of underwings and wing tips, and a dark mark at base of leading edge of underwings (Onley & Scofield 2007, BirdLife International 2018v).

Life history

Breeding locality               Jurisdiction

Bounty Islands, Snares Islands  New Zealand

Endemic to New Zealand with 12 breeding sites on the Bounty Islands, and Snares Islands (ACAP 2012p). Salvin's Albatross breeds annually, when successful. Adults arrive at colonies in August with females laying a single egg in late August/September. Although the incubation period is not known, hatching of chicks begins in late October (Sagar et al. 2004). Fledging of chicks occurs after approximately four months in March/April (Robertson & van Tets 1982, Miskelly et al. 2001). Mean annual breeding success unknown (ACAP 2012p). Salvin's Albatross disperses in the higher latitudes of the Pacific Ocean. It is not known when juveniles first return to colonies or when they begin breeding (ACAP 2012p). Generation length is estimated at 19.2 years (Bird et al. 2020).

Species distribution in Australia

Australia is within the foraging range of Salvin's Albatross (Figure 17). At-sea records indicate that dispersal from the breeding colonies is generally in the higher latitudes of the Pacific Ocean including includes waters adjacent to southern and eastern, and sub-Antarctic Australia (BirdLife International 2004, ACAP 2012p).

Population estimates and trends

There is no global population trend information available for the species over three generations (BirdLife International 2018v). There were an estimated 26,450 breeding pairs in 2019 (ACAP 2022).

Habitat critical to survival of species

The species is limited to 12 breeding sites on the Bounty Islands and Snares Islands (New Zealand), with the largest population at the Bounty Islands (ACAP 2012p).

Threats

The risk matrix for Salvin's Albatross is provided at Table 36, with the threats occurring in Australia's jurisdiction highlighted.
Table 36: Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) risk matrix.
Likelihood of occurrence  Consequences

Not significant           Minor         Moderate                                                      Major                                                               Catastrophic

Almost certain                          Competition with native species: habitat damage by fur seals  Fisheries interactions: pelagic longline, demersal longline, trawl

Likely

Possible

Unlikely

Rare or Unknown

Note: Threats occurring in Australia's jurisdiction are highlighted in bold.
Figure 17: Modelled Australian distribution of Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini).

Thalassarche steadi White-capped Albatross Falla 1933
Family: Diomedeidae

Taxonomy

Thalassarche steadi Falla 1933 is generally accepted nomenclature for the White-capped Albatross. 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 Thalassarche cauta steadi Falla 1933. The White-capped Albatross was considered polytypic until