Birds of the World

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)  
Genus: Phoebetria (2 species)


Sooty Albatross
Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca) Immature Endangered
Range: IO, AO: temperate and subantarctic is. Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc Atlantic Ocean), Amsterdam and St. Paul is. (sc Indian Ocean), Prince Edward, Crozet and Kerguelen is. (sw to se Indian Ocean)
East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia  
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Light-mantled Albatross
Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) Near Threatened
Range: SO: subantarctic is. from South Georgia to Macquarie I. (far se of Australia), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Campbell Is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)
Drake Passage, Antarctica  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.



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