Birds of Ecuador

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)  
Genus: Diomedea (1 species, 6 worldwide)


Snowy Albatross
Snowy Albatross (Diomedea exulans) Vulnerable
East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia  
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

A giant albatross found in southern oceans. Until recently called Wandering Albatross, but the name was changed because two other very similar looking species, Tristan Albatross and Amsterdam Albatross were split from this species. All species are brown when young and get whiter as they get older.


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