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Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) Half Moon Bay pelagic trip, California. Aug 17, 2019 Black-footed albatross,Geotagged,Phoebastria nigripes,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

Half Moon Bay pelagic trip, California. Aug 17, 2019

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    My 11th albatross! This is a neat one, fairly small as far as albatrosses go (i.e a wingspan barely above 2 meters!), but one of the few dark species. I was dearly hoping to see at least one on that trip, we ended up seeing dozens!
    Bottomline, to anyone passing through San Francisco who likes birds, take a day off and go for a pelagic trip!     Posted 5 years ago
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    What a beauty. An albatross just naturally leads respect. Such hard workers, so large, so elegant. Posted 5 years ago
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      I know! It's not been that long since I saw my first ones, but I've really fallen in love with them :) Posted 5 years ago
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      Also, Ferdy, there's a typo in the binomial for the northern fulmar: it's Fulmarus, not Fulmaris. Can you fix it, please? Posted 5 years ago
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        Fixed, thanks for reporting. Posted 5 years ago

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The Black-footed albatross

The black-footed albatross is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific. All but 2.5% of the population is found among the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of three species of albatross that range in the northern hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands. Unlike many albatrosses, it is dark plumaged.

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Similar species: Petrels And Albatrosses
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Uploaded Oct 23, 2019. Captured Aug 17, 2019 15:57 in United States.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/8.0
  • 1/1328s
  • ISO400
  • 401mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.