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Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) Punta Lomas pelagic trip, Arequipa, Peru. Jun 24, 2023 Geotagged,Peru,Salvin's albatross,Thalassarche salvini,Winter Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini)

Punta Lomas pelagic trip, Arequipa, Peru. Jun 24, 2023

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    With a storm petrel in the back providing a bit of scale...
    And that's a mollymawk, i.e. a small albatross, with a fairly puny wingspan of 2.5 meters. A Wandering albatross can reach 3.5 meters!     Posted 2 years ago
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      I think I was at a fairly advanced age before I discovered the size of an albatross, only because I saw a photo of one next to a person. Was quite the shock! Posted 2 years ago
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        Haha yeah they're massive! Posted 2 years ago

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The Salvin's albatross

Salvin's albatross, or Salvin's mollymawk, "Thalassarche salvini", is a large seabird that ranges across the Southern Ocean. A medium-sized mollymawk in the albatross family, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the shy albatross. It is a medium-sized black and white albatross.

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Similar species: Petrels And Albatrosses
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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Uploaded Aug 3, 2023. Captured Jun 24, 2023 11:21 in C5M3+QH7, Puerto De Lomas 04570, Peru.
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  • Canon EOS R6
  • f/13.0
  • 1/4000s
  • ISO6400
  • 343mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.