Mollymawks
Thalassarche
The mollymawks are a group of medium-sized albatrosses that form the genus Thalassarche. The name has sometimes been used for the genus Phoebetria as well, but these are usually called sooty albatrosses. They are restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, where they are the most common of the albatrosses. They were long considered to be in the same genus as the great albatrosses, Diomedea, but a study of their mitochondrial DNA showed that they are a monophyletic...
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Black-browed Albatross
speciesThalassarche melanophris
Shy Albatross
speciesThalassarche cauta
Buller's Albatross
speciesThalassarche bulleri
Salvin's Albatross
speciesThalassarche salvini
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
speciesThalassarche carteri
Gray-headed Albatross
speciesThalassarche chrysostoma
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
speciesThalassarche chlororhynchos
Chatham Albatross
speciesThalassarche eremita
Thalassarche chrysostoma × melanophris
hybridThalassarche chrysostoma × melanophris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4086.