Albatross - Peterborough, Victoria, Australia (1 Viewer)

kerrybv

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• Jul 14, 2020

• #1

Several seen in flight and floating on ocean. Appeared to be small / Thalassarche species. Distant shots, cropped, poor quality, sorry. Any thoughts?

 

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alanc

Just an earthbound misfit

• Jul 14, 2020

• #2

difficult to judge on these distant shots but the seemingly yellow bill and greyish head suggests Shy

cheers
alan

 

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Alan henry

Well-known member

• Jul 14, 2020

• #3

Underwing pattern rules out Shy.

Black Browed/Champbell for me.

Cheers

Alan

 

kerrybv

Well-known member

• Jul 15, 2020

• #4

Thanks Alan, yes difficult to tell from photos, sorry about quality

 

kerrybv

Well-known member

• Jul 15, 2020

• #5

Alan henry said:

Underwing pattern rules out Shy.

Black Browed/Champbell for me.

Cheers

Alan

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Thanks Alan, Black browed / Campbell's looks right, much appreciated

 

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James Lowther

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• Jul 15, 2020

• #6

Alan henry said:

Underwing pattern rules out Shy.

Black Browed/Champbell for me.

Cheers

Alan

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agree with this

James

 

pbjosh

missing the neotropics

• Jul 15, 2020

• #7

I agree with Black-browed/Campbell. Photo quality looks good enough to eliminate juvenile/1CY Buller's on the underwing pattern and apparent lack of a dark tip to the bill. The apparent gray head must be just shadowing / lighting.