BirdUp · Species
Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata(Forster, JR, 1785)
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- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Phoebetria
At a glance
The Light-mantled Albatross is a very large bird, about 80–90 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 80–90 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Light-mantled Albatross look like?
The Light-mantled Albatross is a very large bird, about 80–90 cm long.
The light-mantled albatross, also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus Phoebetria, which it shares with the sooty albatross. The light-mantled albatross was first described as Phoebetria palpebrata by Johann Reinhold Forster, in 1785, based on a specimen from south of the Cape of Good Hope.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Light-mantled Albatross?
The Light-mantled Albatross is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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