PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Diomedea epomophora  

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
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© Geoff Walker 2012
Off Macquarie Island, TAS (Dec, 2012)

Like all Albatrosses, these birds spend most of their life flying the Southern Oceans only spending time on land to breed.

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Southern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Southern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Southern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Southern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Northern Royal Albatross