PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Diomedea exulans  

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Off Port MacDonnell, SA (Nov, 2011)

This is the largest flying bird alive today. Well, not this particular one because it's an immature for a start, but it belongs to the largest flying species with a wingspan up to 3,25 metres.

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Four Albatrosses meet head to head

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Immature Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Immature Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Immature Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

A meeting of Albatrosses

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Wandering Albatross close-up