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It runs Google's Perch, a research-grade acoustic model covering nearly 15,000 species. When a call is ambiguous, we say so honestly and let you record a second clip to confirm, rather than guessing.

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Birdsong field guide

Tristan Albatross

Diomedea dabbenena

A massive, critically endangered member of the great albatross complex, nearly identical to the Wandering Albatross but slightly smaller with darker juvenile plumage. It is one of the world's most threatened seabirds, restricted almost entirely to a single breeding site.

What it sounds like

Silent at sea; at breeding colonies, they engage in loud, ritualized displays featuring bill-clattering, trumpeting, whistles, and guttural croaks.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Chris Taylor · United KingdomCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

Nearly the entire global population breeds on Gough Island, where they face extinction due to predation by invasive 'super-sized' house mice.
They are biennial breeders, meaning successful pairs raise only one chick every two years due to the long duration of the chick-rearing period.
The species employs dynamic soaring, a flight technique that uses wind gradients over waves to travel thousands of miles with minimal wing-flapping.
Juveniles spend their first several years entirely at sea, not returning to land until they are ready to begin the years-long process of finding a mate.
They forage across the South Atlantic, following cold-water upwellings to feed on cephalopods, fish, and offal from fishing vessels.

Habitat

Pelagic open ocean for foraging; nests on high, windswept peat bogs and tussock grasslands.

Range

South Atlantic Ocean; breeds primarily on Gough Island and occasionally Inaccessible Island in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Amsterdam AlbatrossDiomedea amsterdamensis Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensis Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora

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