Black-browed albatross, courtship and mutual preening behavior between two mated adults on the nest, Steeple Jason Island breeding colony. Black-browed albatrosses begin breeding at about 10 years, and lay a single egg each season.
Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24251
Lat/Long: -51.03513, -61.22880 (Coordinates: 51° 02' 6.47" S, 61° 13' 43.68" W)
Altitude: 34.00m
Format: Digital 3:2
Species: Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24251
Lat/Long: -51.03513, -61.22880 (Coordinates: 51° 02' 6.47" S, 61° 13' 43.68" W)
Altitude: 34.00m
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: albatross, animal, animalia, atlantic, aves, bird, black-browed albatross, chordata, diomedea melanophris, diomedeidae, falkland islands, falklands, island, islas malvinas, malvinas, marine, melanophrys, ocean, oceans, outdoors, outside, procellariiformes, sea bird, seabird, south atlantic, southern ocean, steeple jason island, thalassarche, thalassarche melanophris, thalassarche melanophrys, united kingdom, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Bird > Albatross (Diomedeidae) > Black-Browed Albatross
- Location > Oceans > Atlantic > Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- Location > World > United Kingdom > Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) > Steeple Jason Island
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