Tag: all of Phoebetria

Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Diomedeidae | [latin] Phoebetria fusca | [authority] Hilsenberg, 1822 | [UK] Sooty Albatross | [FR] Albatros brun | [DE] Russalbatros | [ES] Albatros Ahumado | [NL] Zwarte Albatros Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Phoebetria fusca IO, AO s Genus Albatrosses are the ‘largest’ birds in terms of wingspan. Royal Abatrosses, […]

Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Diomedeidae | [latin] Phoebetria palpebrata | [authority] Forster, 1785 | [UK] Light-mantled Albatross | [FR] Albatros fuligineux | [DE] Graumantel-Russalbatros | [ES] Albatros Tiznado | [NL] Roetkopalbatros Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Albatrosses are the ‘largest’ birds in terms of wingspan. Royal Abatrosses, for instance, may reach a wing span of almost […]