#diomedea epomophora sanfordi

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Royal Albatross (Northern) (Diomedea epomophora sanfordi)

© Oscar Thomas

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Northern royal albatrosses at the Royal Albatross Centre in Taiaroa Head, Dunedin, New Zealand. In a trial using technology shared by New Zealand and France 169 albatrosses were fitted with radar detection tags to spot illegal fishing in November 2018 and released to the south of the Indian Ocean

Photograph: Guo Lei/Xinhua/Alamy

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

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Northern Royal albatrosses at Taiaroa Head, Dunedin, New Zealand

Photograph: Guo Lei/Xinhua/Barcroft

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

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A northern royal albatross inspects the New Zealand Department of Conservation’s ‘Royal Cam’, a live-stream that documents an albatross nest in breeding season.

Photograph: Department of Conservation

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)