Albatrosses Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta Length: 90 - 99 cm Wingspan: 2.1 - 2.6 m White head and neck, pale grey cheeks Grey bill with yellow tip Grey-black mantle, tail and upper wing Fine white crescent above eye Sooty Albatross Black bill with pale yellow/orange stripe Phoebetria fusca Slender, pointed wings, wedge Length: 85 cm shaped tail Sooty brown plumage with head darker than body Photo: JJ Harrison White head and back with fine grey wavy lines on feathers Wandering Albatross Pale pink bill Diomedea exulans White tail, tipped with black Largest of the albatross family Wingspan: 2.5 - 3.5 m Photo: JJ Harrison Photo: JJ Harrison
Albatrosses Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta Length: 90 - 99 cm Wingspan: 2.1 - 2.6 m White head and neck, pale grey cheeks Grey bill with yellow tip Grey-black mantle, tail and upper wing Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca Length: 85 cm Sooty brown plumage with head darker than body Fine white crescent above eye Black bill with pale yellow/orange stripe Slender, pointed wings, wedge shaped tail Photo: JJ Harrison Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans Largest of the albatross family Wingspan: 2.5 - 3.5 m White head and back with fine grey wavy lines on feathers Pale pink bill White tail, tipped with black Photo: JJ Harrison Photo: JJ Harrison
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