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What the Northern Royal Albatross sounds like
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The northern royal albatross is typically about 115 cm (45 in) tall, weighs 6.2 to 8.2 kg (14–18 lb), and has a wingspan from 270 to 305 cm (106–120 in). The juvenile has a white head, neck, upper mantle, rump, and underparts. There is dark speckling on the crown and rump. Its lower mantle and back are white with more black speckling than the crown, and it has dark black-brown upper wings with white flecks on its coverts. Its tail is white with a black-brown tip, as are its underwings. There is a black band behind the leading edge of its wings between the carpal joint and the tip.
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When to see the Northern Royal Albatross
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Northern Royal Albatross
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Northern Royal Albatross
The northern royal albatross or toroa, is a large seabird in the albatross family. It was split from the closely related southern royal albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and some consider both of them to be subspecies of the royal albatross.
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Easily confused with
Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensisThe Antipodean is large, at 110 cm (43 in) in length.
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraThe southern royal albatross has a length of 112 to 123 cm (44–48 in) and a mean weight of 8.5 kg (19 lb).
Tristan AlbatrossDiomedea dabbenenaThe Tristan albatross is practically indistinguishable from the snowy albatross at sea but is smaller and has a slightly darker back.
Side by side: Northern Royal Albatross vs Snowy Albatross · Northern Royal Albatross vs Southern Royal Albatross · Antipodean Albatross vs Northern Royal Albatross
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