Editing Black-browed albatross (section)

==Range and habitat==
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! Location !! Population !! Date !! Trend
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|[[Falkland Islands]]|| 399,416 pairs|| 2007|| Decreasing 0.7% yr
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|[[South Georgia Island]]|| 74,296 pairs|| 2006|| Decreasing
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|[[Chile]]|| 122,000 pairs|| 2007||
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|[[Antipodes Island]]|| ?||1998 ||
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|[[Campbell Island, New Zealand|Campbell Island]]|| ?||1998  ||
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|[[Heard Island]]|| 600 pairs||1998  || Increasing
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|[[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Island]]|| ?|| 1998 ||
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|[[Crozet Islands]]|| ?||1998  ||
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|[[Kerguelen Islands]]|| ?|| 1998 || Decreasing
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|[[Macquarie Island]]|| ?|| 1998 ||
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|[[Snares Islands]]|| ?|| 1998 ||
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|'''Total''' || '''600,000''' pairs|| '''2005''' ||'''Decreasing'''
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The black-browed albatross is circumpolar in the southern oceans, and it breeds on 12 islands throughout that range. In the [[Atlantic Ocean]], it breeds on the [[Falkland Islands]], [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]], and the [[Cape Horn|Cape Horn Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Thalassarche_melanophrys/|title=Thalassarche melanophrys black-browed albatros|last=Gardner|first=Jacob|date=2011|website=Animal Diversity Web|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref> In the [[Pacific Ocean]] it breeds on [[Islas Ildefonso]], [[Diego de Almagro Island|Diego de Almagro]], [[Evangelistas Islets|Islas Evangelistas]], [[Campbell Island, New Zealand|Campbell Island]], [[Antipodes Islands]], [[Snares Islands]], and [[Macquarie Island]]. In the [[Indian Ocean]] it breeds on the [[Crozet Islands]], [[Kerguelen Islands]], [[Heard Island]], and [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Island]].<ref name="Croxall">Croxall, J. P. & Gales, R. (1998)</ref>

There are an estimated 1,220,000 birds alive with 600,853 breeding pairs, as estimated by a 2005 count. Of these birds, 402,571 breed in the [[Falklands]], 72,102 breed on [[South Georgia Island]], 120,171 breed on the [[Chile]]an islands of Islas Ildefonso, Diego de Almagro, Islas Evangelistas, and Islas Diego Ramírez. 600 pairs breed on [[Heard Island]], Finally, the remaining 5,409 pairs breed on the remaining islands.<ref name="Robertson">Robertson, G.; et al. (2007)</ref><ref name="Huin">Huin, N. & Reid, T. (2007)</ref><ref name="Poncet">Poncet, S.; et al. (2006)</ref> This particular species of albatross prefers to forage over [[Continental shelf|shelf]] and shelf-break areas. Falkland Island birds winter near the [[Patagonian Shelf]], and birds from South Georgia forage in [[South Africa]]n waters, using the [[Benguela Current]], and the [[Chile]]an birds forage over the [[Patagonian Shelf]], the [[Chilean Shelf]], and even make it as far as [[New Zealand]]. It is the most likely albatross to be found in the North Atlantic due to a northerly [[bird migration|migratory]] tendency. There have been 20 possible sightings in the [[Continental United States]].<ref name="Dunn">Dunn, Jon L. & Alderfer, Jonathan (2006)</ref>