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Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)

Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)
Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)

About Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Tubenoses
  • Family: Albatrosses

The northern royal albatross or toroa, is a large seabird in the albatross family. It was split from the closely related southern royal albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and some consider both of them to be subspecies of the royal albatross.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2012-01-13

    Otago Peninsula / Dunedin, New Zealand
    SSP: Northern Royal Albatross nesting at Taiaroa Head
    Image from 2012-01-13