Northern Royal Albatross - P. S. Lansley
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Location

Portland pelagic at -38.6791, 141.2170
Glenelg, Victoria, Australia
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Map
Map Coordinates: -38.6791, 141.217
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Mostly black upperwings with white shaft streaks in primaries; completely white tail, suggestive of D. sanfordi. Although the bird had a faint discontinuous line of white speckling on the leading edge of the forewings (visible in some photos only), the black carpal wedge on the underwing was evident - therefore diagnosed as D. sanfordi rather than immature D. epomophora.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D7200
Lens
80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
ISO
800
Focal length
240 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/25.0
Shutter speed
1/400 sec
Dimensions
4304 pixels x 3151 pixels
Original file size
674.62 KB