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Buller's albatross

(Thalassarche bulleri)

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Description

Buller's albatross averages 79 cm (31 in).It has a silver-grey forehead,a grey head and throat.It has a black patch around the eyes with a white crescent behind and below the eye.Its back,upperwing,and tail are dark grey,and its rump and underparts are white.Its underwing is white with a black tip,with a broad sharply demarcated dark band at the leading edge.Its bill is large and black with yellow on the upper mandible,and the tip.The juvenile has a darker head and a brown bill.

Taxonomic tree:

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