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title: "Black-browed, Campbell or Grey-headed?  Separating juvenile mollymawks at sea"
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# Black-browed, Campbell or Grey-headed?  Separating juvenile mollymawks at sea

Nikolas Haass has written a well-illustrated paper on separating juvenile Grey-headed *Thalassarche chrysostoma*, Black-browed *T. melanophris* and Campbell *T. impavida* Albatrosses at sea in [The Petrel](http://www.sossa-international.org/forum/content.php?133-pelagic-reports-southport) for 2014.

 The paper’s abstract follows

 “Prompted by the paucity of documented sightings of Grey-headed Albatross *Thalassarche chrysostoma* in Queensland and New South Wales and a series of misidentifications in several online platforms, this article aims to provide an update on the separation of juvenile and immature Grey-headed Albatross from Black-browed *Th. melanophris*and Campbell Albatross *Th. impavida*.”

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/G/Grey-headed_subadult_Kirk_Zufelt.jpg)

 Subadult Grey-headed Albatross, photograph by Kirk Zufelt

 **Reference:**

 Haasse, N.K. [2015?]. [The Grey-headed Albatross conundrum at the Australian east coast](http://www.sossa-international.org/Multimedia/The%20Petrel%202014.pdf).  In Walbridge, P. (Ed.).  *The Petrel 2014.  Annual Report for Southport The Brisbane Seabird Study Group SOSSA, Northern Sector*.  pp. 96-107.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 14 September 2015*