I can't help but say how useful I'm finding this thread, for making me look up what families some of these birds are currently in, and where those families are currently placed in relation to each other! There's been so much reshuffling lately, especially among babblery and warblery thingies, that I've lost touch with what is the "new now" of taxonomy. Not to mention forgetting what some birds are called, even ones that haven't had a name change. So thanks Will :t:
2281. Antipodean Albatross
I must turn my brain on: I read "Amsterdam Albatross"... 8-PGripping stuff!
I must turn my brain on: I read "Amsterdam Albatross"... 8-P
Yes, Antipodean is pretty easy at Kaikoura. I've not seen Amsterdam!
2285. Black-footed Albatross