Bird genealogy >> Order Procellariiformes >> Family Diomedeidae |
Location Kaikoura, South Island Metadata Make Canon EOS 7D IOC Names Deutsch Wanderalbatros Dutch Grote Albatros Comments As explained in the text on Procellariformes, the ability of great albatrosses (Wandering and Royal) to move upwind without flapping depends on the fact that wind velocity is appreciably greater a few metres in the air than near the waves.
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