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ML959

Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis

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Contributor

Ernest S. Booth Media from this contributor

Date

3 Jun 1959

Location

Midway Island
Midway Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Call; Mechanical sound
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

Pairs of Laysan Albatross billing and displaying (clicking bills). Last part of recording, where fairy terns are louder in the background, was made after dark. The terns were in the trees. Other Behaviors: Court, Perform Visual Display.

Additional species

  • Blue-billed White-Tern Gygis candida

Technical information

Recorder
MAGNEMITE UNSPECIFIED MODEL
Microphone
Accessories

Archival information

Digitized
5 Dec 2005 - James Napoli

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