The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos, is a large seabird in the albatross family.
This small mollymawk was once considered conspecific with the Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross.

The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross averages 81 cm (32 in) in length.
It is a typical black and white mollymawk with a grey head and large eye patch,
and its nape and hindneck are white. Its bill is black with a yellow culmenicorn and a pink tip.

It can be differentiated from the Indian Yellow-nosed by its darker head. Relative to other mollymawks
it can be distinguished by its smaller size (the wings being particularly narrow) and the thin black edging
to the underwing, The Grey-headed Albatross has a similar grey head but more extensive and less well defined
black markings around the edge of the underwing.
Salvin's Albatross also has a grey head but has much broader wings, a pale bill and even narrower
black borders to the underwing.

This mollymawk feeds on squid, fish and crustacea.

Like all albatrosses they are colonial, but unusually they will build their nests in scrub or amongst
Blechnum tree ferns. Like all mollymawks they build pedestal nests of mud, peat, feathers, and vegetation
to lay their one egg in. They do this in September or early October, and the chick fledges in late March to April.
They breed annually.

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses nest on islands in the mid-Atlantic, including Tristan da Cunha
(Inaccessible Island, Middle Island, Nightingale Island, Stoltenhoff Island) and Gough Island.
At sea they range across the south Atlantic from South America to Africa between 15° S and 45° S.
All text above from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albatross on a walk-about (Photo: Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre) On August 12th, 2010, officials at a wildlife centre in eastern Ontario, Canada, are saying goodbye to an unusual visitor, as Alby the yellow-nosed albatross is being shipped off to Boston. For the last month, a caregiver at the Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee, Ont., has been nursing Alby back to health while experts scratched their heads over how he managed to get so far off course. This type of albatross is usually found only in the Southern Hemisphere. When Alby arrived at the wildlife centre he weighed only half his normal weight. Notice the typical yellow nose! (Photo:Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre) Alby was discovered on a beach on Wolfe Island, off Kingston, Ontario. He was weak and emaciated, weighing only half of his normal two or three kilograms. They all will be sad to see the albatross go, but that he needs an environment where he can properly heal before returning to his native South Africa. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/08/12/ot-albatross-leaving.html#ixzz0wz8fFCZS

Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross - overview
BBC Natural History Unit
http://www.arkive.org


Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross incubating egg and with newly hatched chick in nest
Ross Wanless and Andrea Angel
Percy FitzPatrck Institute of African Ornithology
University of Cape Town
http://www.arkive.org

Conservation
Breeding Population and Trends

Location	Population	Date	Stable
Gough Island	5,300 pair	2001	Stable
Tristan da Cunha Island	16,000 - 30,000 pair	1974	Stable
Nightingale Island	4,500 pair	1974	Declining
Middle Island	100 - 200 pair	1974
Stoltenhoff Island	500 pair	1974
Inaccessible Island	1,100 pair	1983	Declining
Total	55,000-83,200	2001	Declining

The IUCN list this species as Endangered, with an occurrence range of 16,800,000 km2 (6,500,000 sq mi) and a breeding range of 80 km2 (31 sq mi). According to the table above, this adds up to between 27,500 and 41,600 pairs per year for the total between 55,000 and 83,200 total adult birds. This population estimate was done in 1983, however and is outdated. Trends suggest a 50% decrease over 72 years

The largest threat is from longline fishing, as harvesting of chicks and adults has been outlawed.

This part, Conservation, is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia