Chatham albatross

(Thalassarche eremita)

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Description

Chatham 's albatross ( Thalassarche eremita Murphy,1930 ) is a medium-sized black and white albatross that only nests on the so-called Pyramid,a large rocky rock in the Chatham Islands,New Zealand.Sometimes it is considered a subspecies of the cautious albatross,T.cautious.With a weight of 3.1-4.7 kg and a length of 90 cm,it is the smallest member of the cautious albatross group

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Diomedeidae
Genus:Thalassarche
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