PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Diomedea exulans  

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
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© Geoff Walker 2012
Off Hobart, TAS (Dec, 2012)

The whiteness of the bird in head, neck and back, and the white triangular patches on the inner upper wing suggest an adult bird while the brown wing and slightly smaller size would indicate a probable female Gibsoni Albatross which is one of the two New Zealand races of Wandering Albatross.

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Gooney bird! Immature Wandering Albatross.

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Snowy Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Four Albatrosses meet head to head

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Immature Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Immature Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Juvenile Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Immature Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

A meeting of Albatrosses

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross close-up

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Juvenile Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross