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Gray-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)

Gray-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
Gray-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)

About Gray-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)

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

The grey-headed albatross also known as the gray-headed mollymawk, is a large seabird from the albatross family. It has a circumpolar distribution, nesting on isolated islands in the Southern Ocean and feeding at high latitudes, further south than any of the other mollymawks. Its name derives from its ashy-gray head, throat and upper neck.

Source: Wikipedia

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    Drake Passage, Antarctica
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    Drake Passage, Antarctica