Bird genealogy >> Order Procellariiformes >> Family Diomedeidae
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Location

Taioroa Head, Dunedin, South Island
New Zealand

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 320 mm
Exposure 1/8000 s, f/5.6, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Königsalbatros Dutch  Koningsalbatros
Italian  Albatros reale Spanish  Albatros Real

Comments

The southern royal albatross can be distinguished from the northern at sea by its upper wings, the plumage of which have large areas of white compared to the all dark colour on the northern.




 

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    13/03/2011

Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
Albatros royal

Micheline JACQUEMIN