Light-mantled albatross

(Phoebetria palpebrata)

Description

Phoebetria palpebrata is a bird of the Diomedeidae family.71 cm long,it has very slender wings.The wingspan is 1.80 m.[ citation needed ] The plumage is uniform in gray except for the rachis of whitish remiges and helms and a white palpebral ring.The wedge-shaped tail.The legs are of flesh color and theblack beak.It can be confused with the dark albatross;the latter has the plumage with brown tones and the furrow of the violet-colored beak.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Diomedeidae
Genus:Phoebetria
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