Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyDiomedeidae (Albatrosses)
- GenusThalassarche (Mollymawks)
- SpeciesThalassarche melanophris (Black-browed Albatross)
Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
White-faced Storm Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 8 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 12 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black-browed Albatross in Great Otway National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Black-browed Albatross sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 42 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-browed Albatross in Great Otway National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Black-browed Albatross in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.