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Buller's Albatross

(Thalassarche bulleri)
Alternate name(s): "Buller's Mollymawk"
Size: 75-80 cm; wing span 2.0-2.15 m
Weight: 2.0-3.3 kg

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Buller's Albatross at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Buller's Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Near-frontal view of a Buller's Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Near-frontal view of a Buller's Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[Off Port Stephens, NSW, July 2013]

Near-lateral view of a Buller's Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Lateral view of a Buller's Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Near-dorsal view of a Buller's Albatross (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Near-lateral view of a Buller's Albatross in flight (photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[Off Port Stephens, NSW, March 2012]

Near-lateral portrait of a Buller's Albatross in flight; note the characteristic broad yellow markings that wrap onto both sides of the bill and have a broad base (photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[Off Port Stephens, NSW, March 2012]

Near-lateral view of a Buller's Albatross in flight (photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[Off Port Stephens, NSW, June 2017]

Lateral view of a Buller's Albatross in flight (photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[Off Swansea, NSW, July 2016]

Food, Diet

Close-up near-lateral view of a Buller's Albatross picking up food scraps (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

Near-dorsal view of a Buller's Albatross picking up food scraps (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021]

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