Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
Grey-headed Albatross (Diomedea chrysostoma) - HBW 1, p. 214
French: Albatros à tête grise
German: Graukopfalbatros
Spanish: Albatros Cabecigrís
Other common names: Flat billed/Gould's/Grey mantled/Yellow nosed(!) Albatross, Grey headed Mollymawk
Taxonomy: Diomedea chrysostoma J. R. Forster, 1785, vicinity of the Antarctic Circle and in the Pacific Ocean.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Circumpolar in Southern Ocean, breeding from Cape Horn E to Campbell I.
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Close-up of adults on the nest Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 29 September 2008 2 years ago 39 sec 5 -
An adult on the nest before laying, then taking off Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 29 September 2008 2 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
A pair doing mutual preening on the nest Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 29 September 2008 2 years ago 39 sec 4.5 -
A breeder sitting on it nest and preening itself. Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 30 October 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4 -
A first year bird in flight in the sea Locality Drake Passage (Monotypic species)
Gus Yaki 1 February 2000 4 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A subadult flying over the sea Locality Prince Edward Islands (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 7 November 2002 6 years ago 7 sec 3.6
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Close-up of the head of an adult.
Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 29 September 2008 3 years ago 4.4 -
An adult incubating.
Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 30 September 2008 3 years ago 4.2 -
Close-up on a breeder sitting on its nest.
Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 30 October 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Close-up of the head of an adult.
Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 30 September 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A pair on the nest prior laying.
Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 29 September 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
Breeder on its nest.
Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 30 October 2010 1 year ago 3.6
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Bird on a nest receiving parter that comes back from the sea Locality Diego Ramírez Islands, Magallanes Region, Chile
(Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 1 January 2001 13 weeks ago 4 -
A pair calling during mutual preening on the nest Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia
Laurent Demongin 29 September 2008 2 years ago 3
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