Order: Procellariformes | Family: Diomedeidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Quintero, Chile
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Quintero, Chile
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Hawai
Status: The Salvin’s Albatross is fairly common and along with the Waved Albatross is the Albatross most likely to be seen on a pelagic trip in Peru. It also occurs in Ch.
Name in Spanish: Albatros de Salvin.
Sub-species: Salvin’s Albatross (Thalassarche salvini), (Rothschild), 1893.
Meaning of Name: Thalassarche: Gr. thalassa, thalasses= sea and arkhe, arkho= power, command, to govern. salvini: In honor of Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) English ornithologist, Curator of Ornithology, Cambridge University 1874-1882, collector.

Voice
Generally silent at sea.
References:
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.