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The Indian yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) is a bird found in Australia and South Africa. Open ocean of the southern Indian Ocean. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Indian yellow-nosed albatross lives

Open ocean of the southern Indian Ocean.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs50%
• 🐟 Fish50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Indian yellow-nosed albatross

Recorded by Greg McLachlan (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC883152. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Indian yellow-nosed albatross

Where does the Indian yellow-nosed albatross live?

The Indian yellow-nosed albatross lives in Australia and South Africa. Open ocean of the southern Indian Ocean.

What does the Indian yellow-nosed albatross eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fish (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Indian yellow-nosed albatross endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Baudin's black cockatoo
• Carnaby's black cockatoo
• Amsterdam albatross
• Antipodean albatross
• Northern royal albatross
• Northern rockhopper penguin

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.