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title: "Ageing Black-browed Albatrosses"
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# Ageing Black-browed Albatrosses

Bob Flood and colleagues have published in the journal [British Birds](http://britishbirds.co.uk/) on ageing criteria for ACAP-listed Black-browed Albatrosses *Thalassarche melanophris*.

 The paper’s abstract follows.

 “The basics of moult, wear, plumage and bill colour are described and illustrated for the Black-browed Albatross *Thalassarche melanophris*.  Ageing criteria are presented for birds up to six years old, after which the majority cannot be aged accurately.”

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/Black-browed Albatross Denmark John Larsen.jpg) 

 Black-browed Albatross, photograph by John Larsen

 **Reference:**

 Flood, B., Fisher, A. &Gale, J. 2015.  Ageing criteria for the Black-browed Albatross.  [*British Birds* Vol. 108](http://britishbirds.co.uk/article/ageing-criteria-for-the-black-browed-albatross/).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 13 September 2015*