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Résumé :
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An immature Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos was discovered in a garden at Brean, Somerset, on 30th June 2007. It was taken into care, kept overnight, and released from the clifftop at Brean Down the following day. Remarkably, on the evening of 2nd July 2007, it was rediscovered on an inland fishing lake near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, where it remained until the following day. The same bird was also seen near Malmo, southern Sweden, on 8th July. A review of the identification, distribution and taxonomy of Yellow-nosed Albatross showed that it was of the nominate subspecies, which breeds in the South Atlantic. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross has occurred in the North Atlantic on several occasions, and is treated as a distinct species by some authorities. Yellow-nosed Albatross has now been added to Category A of the British List.
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