The northern royal albatross. (Diomedea sanfordi) (10218804314)

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: The northern royal albatross is a huge white albatross with black upperwings. It usually mates for life and breeds only in New Zealand. Biennial breeding takes place primarily on The Sisters and The Forty-Fours Islands in the Chatham Islands. There is also a tiny colony at Taiaroa Head near Dunedin on the mainland of New Zealand, which is a major tourist attraction. Northern royal albatross can be sighted throughout the Southern Ocean at any time of the year. Non-breeding and immature birds, including newly fledged birds, undertake a downwind circumnavigation in the Southern Ocean. The main wintering grounds are off the coasts of southern South America. They are generally solitary foragers and forage predominantly over continental shelves to shelf edges. Date: 1 December 2009, 00:00. Source: The northern royal albatross. (Diomedea sanfordi). Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location45° 46′ 29.054″ S, 170° 43′ 38.216″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-45.774737; 170.727282.