Black-browed albatross colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. This is the largest breeding colony of black-browed albatrosses in the world, numbering in the hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. The albatrosses lay eggs in September and October, and tend a single chick that will fledge in about 120 days. Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Species:
Black-browed albatross,
Thalassarche melanophrysLocation:
Steeple Jason Island,
Falkland Islands,
United KingdomImage ID:
24247Format: Digital 3:2
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