Scientific Name: Diomedea exulans
Population Estimate: 26K, vulnerable
Range / Habitat: The Wandering Albatross breeds on South Georgia Island, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Prince Edward Islands, and Macquarie Island, is seen feeding year round off the Kaikoura Peninsula on the east coast of the south island of New Zealand and it ranges in all the southern oceans from 28° to 60°
Field Notes:115 cm. Huge albatross with variable plumage, whitening with age.
Juvenile chocolate-brown with white face mask, white underwing with
black tip and trailing margin. Underparts become pure white. On
upperparts, back whitens first, followed by crown and rump, white wedge
forms in centre upperwing, extending to coverts. Black tips remain on
outer tail feathers. Pink bill and flesh legs.
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