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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.

Northern Gannet on breeding rocks of Bempton cliffs, UK

$Taxon name: Wandering Albatross\nTaxon scientific name: Diomedea exulans\nLocation: Offshore pelagic Sydney, NSW, Australia$

A Wandering Albatross soaring over the Southern Ocean

Black Browed Albatross in flight near a nesting colony of Albatross. You can see the ocean and the rocky coast in the background

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) in flight along the cliffs of Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands.

A wandering Black Browed Albatross above the cliffs of Bempton, Yorkshire

Grey-headed Albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma, in flight, Elsehul Bay, South Georgia Island, Antarctic

Gannets on Bempton cliffs, Flamborough Head

Thalassarche melanophris - The black-browed albatross, also known as the black-browed mollymawk, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae; it is the most widespread and common member of its family.

$Taxon name: Shy Albatross\nTaxon scientific name: Thalassarche cauta\nLocation: Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania$

Shy albatross in the offshore waters from Tasmania, Australia

A closeup of a black-browed albatross flying above a body of water

Kittiwakes are cliff-nesting gulls that winter on the open ocean. They can cover the rugged cliffs of the coastline in Alaska.

$The Wandering Albatross (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).\$

Gannets in flight at Bempton cliffs, Flamborough Head

Southern Royal Albatross on Campbell Island in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand.

$Taxon name: Southern Buller's Albatross\nTaxon scientific name: Thalassarche bulleri bulleri\nLocation: Sydey, Pacific Ocean, Australia$

Gray-headed albatross flying over the waters of the fall of the Atlantic Ocean

Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) - the bird with the largest wingspan in the world soars over the blue sea in gliding flight

Flying Wandering Albatross, Snowy Albatross, White-Winged Albatross or Goonie, diomedea exulans, Antarctic ocean, Antarctica

$Taxon name: Buller's Albatross\nTaxon scientific name: Thalassarche bulleri\nLocation: Tasman Sea, Tasmania, Australia$

Close-up of a wandering albatross, which we saw enroute between the Falkland Islands and the Shag Rocks, on our way to South Georgia.

Northern gannet bird flying over North Sea

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