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The grey-headed albatross averages 81 cm (32 in) in length and 2.2 m (7.2 ft) in wingspan. Weight can range from 2.8 to 4.4 kg (6.2 to 9.7 lb), with a mean mass of 3.65 kg (8.0 lb). It has a dark ashy-grey head, throat, and upper neck, and its upper wings, mantle, and tail, are almost black. It has a white rump, underparts, and a white crescent behind its eyes. Its bill is black, with bright yellow upper and lower ridges, that shades to pink-orange at the tip. Its underwings are white with a lot of black on the leading edge and less on the trailing edge.
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When to see the Grey-headed Albatross
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-headed Albatross
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom.
About the Grey-headed Albatross
The grey-headed albatross also known as the gray-headed mollymawk, is a large seabird from the albatross family. It has a circumpolar distribution, nesting on isolated islands in the Southern Ocean and feeding at high latitudes, further south than any of the other mollymawks. Its name derives from its ashy-gray head, throat and upper neck.
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Easily confused with
Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salviniSalvin's albatross is about 90 cm (35 in) and 2.56 m (8.4 ft) across the wings.
Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleriBuller's albatross averages 79 cm (31 in).
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteriThe Indian yellow-nosed albatross weighs 2.55 kg (5.6 lb), is 76 cm (30 in) long and is 2 m (6.6 ft) across the wings.
Side by side: Black-browed Albatross vs Grey-headed Albatross · Grey-headed Albatross vs Shy Albatross · Grey-headed Albatross vs Salvin's Albatross · Buller's Albatross vs Grey-headed Albatross · Grey-headed Albatross vs Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
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