Albatrosses

Snowy Albatross

Diomedea exulans

The Snowy Albatross (Diomedea exulans) is a 7.0 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Albatrosses

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

7.0 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Australia, S. Geo. and the Is., South Africa, New Zealand, Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands, Chile, Antarctica, Falkland Is., Heard I. and McDonald Is., Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay.

Where to see it: ZEE Kerguelen (French Southern and Antarctic Lands); Auto selected -52.46087, -51.82183 (High seas or unknown); Cap Ratmanoff (French Southern and Antarctic Lands); Morgenstiernkysten (Bouvet Island); Mare aux Eléphants et Base Martin de Viviès (accès restreint) (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist