PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Diomedea exulans  

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
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© Geoff Walker 2012
Off Hobart, TAS (Dec, 2012)

These magnificent albatrosses have the largest wingspan of all the albatrosses, sometimes reaching fourteen feet.

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Snowy Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Juvenile Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross