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title: "Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross"
description: "Thalassarche carteri — Birds. The Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) is a member of the albatross family, and is the smallest of the mollymawks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/indian-yellow-nosed-albatross
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

> Thalassarche carteri — Birds. The Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) is a member of the albatross family, and is the smallest of the mollymawks.

- Scientific name: *Thalassarche carteri*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 685
- Wikidata: [Q2101643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2101643)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113965](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113965)

## Names

- en: Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- de: Indischer Gelbnasenalbatros
- es: Albatros picofino pacífico
- fr: Albatros de Carter
- nl: Indische geelsnavelalbatros
- pt: Albatroz-de-nariz-amarelo
- pl: Albatros białoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

AU (67), ZA (46), TF (38), NZ (4)

## Summary

The Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) is a member of the albatross family, and is the smallest of the mollymawks. In 2004, BirdLife International split this species from the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross; however Clements has not split it yet, and the SACC has not either, but recognises the need for a proposal.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_yellow-nosed_albatross

## Photo

![Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indian-yellow-nosed-albatross/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mark Fraser · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217263268

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/indian-yellow-nosed-albatross?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).