Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) - HBW 1, p. 211
French: Albatros royal
German: Königsalbatros
Spanish: Albatros Real
Taxonomy: Diomedaea [sic] epomophora Lesson, 1825, no locality; probably Australian waters.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- epomophora Lesson, 1825 - Campbell I and Auckland Is.
- sanfordi Murphy, 1917 - New Zealand and Chatham Is.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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Slow motion views of a Northern Royal (D. epomophora sanfordi) and a Southern Royal Albatross (D. e. epomophora) violently forci Locality Big Reef, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp sanfordi)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2013 13 weeks ago 47 sec 4.7 -
A bird coming close to a ship searching food and fighting briefly with an Atipodean Albatross. Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (ssp epomophora)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2013 10 weeks ago 32 sec 4.5 -
A Northern Royal (D. epomophora sanfordi) joining a Southern Royal Albatross (D. e. epomophora) in violently forcing a smaller W Locality Big Reef, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp sanfordi)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2013 13 weeks ago 1 min 6 sec 4.5 -
A sub-adult 'Northern Royal' on the sea waiting for scraps to be thrown from a boat Locality Valparaiso, Valparaiso Region, Chile (ssp sanfordi)
Greg Baker 8 November 2011 1 year ago 38 sec 4.5 -
An adult in flight over the sea Locality Scotia Sea (ssp sanfordi)
Greg Baker 23 February 2005 2 years ago 1 min 18 sec 4.3 -
An individual in flight landing at sea and then swimming. Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (ssp sanfordi)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2013 10 weeks ago 34 sec 4.3
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Royal Albatross and its young chick on the nest.
Locality Campbell Islands, New Zealand
srchester 15 January 1983 25 weeks ago 4.5 -
portrait
Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (ssp epomophora)
Georges Olioso 23 November 2005 4 years ago 4.3 -
Royal albatrosses "gamming" — a process in which young albatrosses practice displays and calls that will one day allow them to s
Locality Campbell Islands, New Zealand
srchester 15 January 1989 25 weeks ago 4.2 -
Close-up of a bird on the water.
Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (ssp epomophora)
Nick Talbot 20 August 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Royal albatross and chick at a nest on the upland slopes of Campbell Island in the New Zealand Subantarctic
Locality Campbell Islands, New Zealand
srchester 15 January 1983 25 weeks ago 4 -
Large juvenile sitting on nest
Locality Royal Albatross Centre, Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand
Martin Främke 7 April 2012 26 weeks ago 4
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courtship on land Locality Campbell Island
(ssp epomophora)
Santiago Imberti 4 February 2008 3 years ago 4.5
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