Taxonomy: Order Procellariiformes >> Family Diomedeidae >> Genus Diomedea
Antipodean Albatross (Unique ID: 10778) Return to Last Page: Click on image |
Acquire This Photo Species: Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) Location: South Pacific Ocean off Kaikoura Peninsula, Kaikoura District, Canterbury, New Zealand Age: immature/subadult Plumage: basic/year-round Activity: swimming Sex: --- Visibility: full body Quantity: single Special Traits: bird landscape Photographer: David Seibel Date: January 30, 2017 Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mark II and Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L Megapixels: 20.0
Notes: Gibson's race (D. e. gibsoni), foreground, with a Cape Petrel swimming in the distant background. The albatross is approaching definitive (adult) plumage.
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