PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Thalassarche chlororhynchos  

Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Off Port MacDonnell, SA (Jul, 2011)

Close up of a Yellow-nosed Albatross flying past our boat showing the yellow ridge of the bill merging to a pinkish-red tip.

Some authorities* have split Yellow-nosed Albatross into two species with those in Australian waters belonging to the species Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri).

*Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: Species Profile - Thalassarche chlororhynchos

Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Yellow-nosed Albatross