Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Gmeli, 1789Reviewable (MD/DCRC)    Synonyms: YNAL.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Procellariiformes   >   Family Diomedeidae   >   Genus Thalassarche   

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A Yellow-nosed Albatross off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (11/6/2010). Maryland has two accepted records of this exceedingly coveted East Coast rarities. Rowlett photographed a subadult at Baltimore Canyon on 2/1/1975 (photo) and Stan Arnold documented a dream sighting on Assateague Island on 6/6/2009 (field notes, short video clip). Grayish head coloring on the 1975 bird supports the nominate form, chlororhynchos. Photo by Clive Harris. (MBP list)(More of this species)

A Yellow-nosed Albatross off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (11/6/2010). Photo by Clive Harris. (MBP list)

A Yellow-nosed Albatross off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (11/6/2010). Photo by Clive Harris. (MBP list)

A Yellow-nosed Albatross off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (8/20/2011). Photo by Clive Harris. (MBP list)

A Yellow-nosed Albatross off Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (8/20/2011). Photo by Clive Harris. (MBP list)


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