LIGHT-MANTLED SOOTY ALBATROSS Phoebetria palpebrata

PREVIOUS

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

BACK TO START

PREVIOUS

The most elegant and accomplished flyer of all the albatrosses, more widespread than Sooty, but breeding further south, from South Georgia to the Auckland Islands. The synchronised display flight of a pair is one of the most beautiful sites in nature, the birds moving simultaneously inches apart.

BACK TO START

Click on the photo to return to "others" or HOMEPAGE