PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Phoebetria palpebrata  

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
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© Geoff Walker 2012
Macquarie Island, TAS (Dec, 2012)

The Light-mantled Sooty Albatross is smaller than the other Albatrosses but no less beautiful and like all Albatrosses, a master of the wind.

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross