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Taxonomy: Order Procellariiformes >> Family Diomedeidae >> Genus Diomedea

Antipodean Albatross (Unique ID: 10778)
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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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