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Pieter de Groot Boersma Media from this contributor Profile

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Location

Royal Albatross Centre
Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
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Map Coordinates: -45.784, 170.736
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation

Media notes

A group of five young Northern Royal Albatrosses squabbling and practicing the "courtship dance" in a breeding colony. The Royal Albatross has been split into two species, making both of them monotypic. This species is a breeding endemic to several islands (including Chatham Islands) and a small colony on mainland New Zealand. Elevation: 160 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.

Observation details

IBC scientific name: Diomedea sanfordi.

Collection

Internet Bird Collection (IBC)

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