Albatrosses W.L.N. Tickell Yale University Press 2000

If you are interested in the biology and natural history of the world's Albatrosses this book must be on your bookshelf. The taxonomy of the Albatrosses is currently under revision. The formerly recognized eleven species have been expanded to twenty three species. All species are under great pressure.

The author gathers known research about the behavior, feeding, flight, and breeding of the albatrosses into one large volume. Anyone fortunate enough to have spent time observing mating Albatrosses will be interested in the diagrams of the courting postures and descriptions of courting, mating, and feeding behaviors.

It is impossible to understand the Albatrosses without knowing something about the islands where they breed and this book covers the major breeding sites.

This is not a field guide but a supplemental reference to read and to refer to over and over.

Table of Contents:

Names and Naturalists
Tube-nosed Seabirds
The Southern Oceans
Islands of the Southern Oceans
Mollymawks
Sooties
Great Albatrosses
The Equatorial Pacific Ocean
The Galápagos Albatross
The North Pacific Ocean
Gooneys
Stellar's Albatross
Moult
Flight
Behavior
Ecology
The Sea of Man
The Mariner Syndrome


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