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Franklin has or used to have 23 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Northern Buller's Albatross.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Northern Buller's Albatross

Thalassarche bulleri platei

Status: Vulnerable

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Thalassarche bulleri platei is found across 8 electorates.

The Pacific Albatross is a small, rather lightly built albatross, with a wingspan of 205–213 cm. Males weigh slightly more than females. The species has a long slender striking black and yellow bill, a neat grey hood, prominent silvery-white forecap, black patch before the eye, and a thin white crescent to the rear of or below the eye. The underwings are mostly white, with a moderately broad, fairly straight and sharply defined black leading edge.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

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