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Shy Albatross

Thalassarche cauta

Description:

Medium sized albatross. White below with black wings and black eyebrows. Tip of nose yellow.

Habitat:

Pelagic

Notes:

IUCN listed as near threatened.

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2 Comments

owheelj
owheelj 12 years ago

Yeah they have very angry eyebrows! This one is having a bad hair day too :P

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Nice spotting! I think it looks more angry than shy :)

owheelj
Spotted by
owheelj

7180, Tasmania, Australia

Spotted on Sep 2, 2011
Submitted on Sep 7, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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