Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca) - HBW 1, p. 214
French: Albatros brun
German: Rußalbatros
Spanish: Albatros Ahumado
Other common names: Dark-mantled Sooty Albatross
Taxonomy: Diomedea fusca Hilsenberg, 1822, Mozambique Channel.
Formerly regarded as conspecific with P. palpebrata, but differences in courtship display and timing of breeding prevent interbreeding at sites of overlap. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Atlantic and Indian Oceans, breeding from Tristan da Cunha and Gough I eastwards to Kerguelen Is and Amsterdam and St Paul Is.
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A bird soaring close to the ship (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 2012 47 weeks ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird in flight over the sea (50% slow motion). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 2012 47 weeks ago 19 sec 4 -
A bird in flight over the sea (50% slow motion). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 2012 47 weeks ago 19 sec 3.8 -
An individual in flight over the camera (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 2012 47 weeks ago 18 sec 3.8 -
Several birds soaring over big waves (50% slow motion). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 2012 47 weeks ago 31 sec 3.5 -
A bird soaring over the ocean (50% speed). Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2012 47 weeks ago 26 sec 3.4
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A bird in flight over the sea.
Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 22 April 2012 20 weeks ago 4 -
Frontal view of a bird soaring at sea.
Locality Atlantic Ocean (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 22 April 2012 20 weeks ago 3.5 -
Bird following the ship off South Georgia Coast.
Locality South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 19 October 2010 2 years ago 3 -
A bird in flight (seen from above)
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 December 2008 4 years ago 3 -
A bird in flight (seen from below)
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 December 2008 4 years ago 3 -
A bird soaring
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 December 2008 4 years ago 3
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