Seabirds around fishing vessels

Smaller albatrosses

The taxonomy of the small albatrosses (also called mollymawks) has been changing over time and is still debated.

Thalassarche spp.
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Mean number of smaller albatrosses recorded around fishing vessels during counts carried out by government observers, binned to 0.4 degree of longitude and latitude. The size of the circle indicates the number of observations, whereas the colour indicates the mean number of birds recorded during counts. Empty circles indicate that no birds were observed. The grey areas indicate water depths of less than 1000 m.

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