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Light-mantled Albatross
(Phoebetria palpebrata)
: "Light-mantled Sooty Albatross", "Grey-mantled Albatross"
Size: 80-90 cm; wing span 1.8-2.2 m
Weight: 2.5-3.7 kg
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Physical description |
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Light-mantled Albatrosses are big seabirds that have an all dark
grey-brown plumage,
except for their name-giving mantle, which is light-grey, and
white eye rings. The primaries have grey edges and the central
tail feather is also light-grey.
Juveniles have some scalloping on the back, neck and chest.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Light-mantled
Albatross at Wikipedia .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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and range
The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and
specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found,
based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to
ebird.org
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The global distribution of the Light-mantled Albatross is available
HERE
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Light-mantled Albatrosses live on the open sea of the Southern Ocean
in a circumpolar distribution.
In Australia Light-mantled Albatrosses can occasionally reach
coastal waters
and the southern coastline around Tasmania and mainly the south-east
of the continent, including several offshore islands, while usually
they stay out on the continental shelf.
Light-mantled Albatrosses breed on antarctic and subantarctic
islands, including
Macquarie Island.
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Sightings |
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B. Hensen reports spotting Light-mantled Albatrosses off Macquarie
Island, in the Southern Ocean, in December 1993.
All photographic and sighting information presented
on this page has kindly been contributed by B. Hensen.
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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Lateral view of an adult Light-mantled Albatross in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Off Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean, December 1993]
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