BirdUp · Species
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea antipodensisRobertson, CJR & Warham, 1992
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Diomedea
- Conservation
- Endangered
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Antipodean albatross is a large seabird in the albatross family. Its recognition as more than a subspecies of the wandering albatross is relatively recent, and still not accepted by all authorities. Antipodean albatrosses are smaller than other former wandering albatrosses, now called snowy albatrosses, and breed in predominantly brown plumage, but are otherwise difficult to distinguish from young snowy albatrosses.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Chatham, Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell is. (east and south of South I.; New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To Tasman Sea (off south-east Australia) and south-east Pacific
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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