▁oil ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁w ax ▁est ers ▁and ▁trig ly cer ides ▁that ▁is ▁stored ▁in ▁the ▁pro vent ric ulus . ▁This ▁is ▁used ▁against ▁pred ators ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁being ▁an ▁energy - rich ▁food ▁source ▁for ▁ch icks ▁and ▁also ▁for ▁the ▁adult s ▁during ▁their ▁long ▁fl ights . ▁The ▁al bat ross ▁also ▁has ▁a ▁salt ▁g land ▁above ▁the ▁nas al ▁passage ▁which ▁helps ▁to ▁remove ▁salt ▁from ▁the ▁ocean ▁water ▁that ▁they ▁im bib e . ▁The ▁g land ▁ex cre tes ▁a ▁high ▁sal ine ▁solution ▁through ▁the ▁bird ' s ▁nose . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Robert son ▁and ▁N unn ▁published ▁their ▁view ▁that ▁the ▁Campbell ▁al bat ross ▁( Th al ass ar che ▁imp av ida ), ▁should ▁be ▁split ▁from ▁this ▁species ▁( T . ▁mel an op hr is ). ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years , ▁others ▁agreed , ▁including ▁Bird Life ▁International ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁Bro oke ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁James ▁Clement s ▁did ▁not ▁adopt ▁the ▁split , ▁the ▁AC AP ▁has ▁not ▁yet ▁adopted ▁the ▁split , ▁and ▁the ▁S AC C ▁recogn izes ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁a ▁proposal . ▁ ▁The ▁black - brow ed ▁al bat ross ▁was ▁first ▁described ▁as ▁Di om ede a ▁mel an op hr is ▁by ▁Co en ra ad ▁Jacob ▁Tem min ck , ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 ,