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The Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) is a large seabird that breeds on 12 circumpolar islands in the southern oceans. The largest colony, with over 400,000, is on the Falkland Islands. Despite having a total population of over 1.2 million, ongoing declines in their numbers have led to their categorization as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. They do not breed until they are 10 years old, but beginning in their third and fourth year they return to their breeding grounds to practice their elaborate courtship rituals. They raise only one chick at a time.

Black-browed albatross nesting in Falklands. Antarctica.

Ocean waves on Hood Island or Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Islands National Park. Waved Albatross flying.

Sooty albatross birds mating pair nesting in marsh grassland on Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands

Large seabird commonly seen in the southern ocean

Royal Albatross returning to land at the Royal Albatross Center.

Close up of an Albatross sitting on the surface of the ocean

A single Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), wings spread, soaring over the Pacific Ocean off southern Chile. The Wandering Albatross ‘species’ is currently split into several ‘types’ or ‘races’ that some biologists regard as separate species or subspecies. This bird seems to be a member of the “New Zealand” type, although it is not the only ‘type’ that breeds around those islands.

Adult Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), also known as Snowy Albatross, flying low over the oceanic waves off South Georgia.

$Wandering Albatross flying over open water, Diomedea exulans, is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. The Wandering Albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the average wingspan being 3.1 metres (10.2 ft). At sea near Falkland Islands. The wandering albatross, snowy albatross, white-winged albatross or goonie (Diomedea exulans) is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae, which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. \tProcellariiformes, Diomedeidae.$