ARKive - images and movies of the southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

The Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) is a large seabird from the albatross family.

The Southern Royal Albatross eats squid and fish, with smaller amounts of carrion, crustaceans, and salps.

The Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) lags behind the Wandering only slightly in all aspects of size.

The Wandering Albatross and the Southern Royal Albatross are the largest of the albatrosses and are amongst the largest of flying birds.

It was split from the closely related Southern Royal Albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and consider both of them to be subspecies of the Royal Albatross.

Of these, the species range from the Southern Royal Albatross which is almost completely white except for the ends and trailing edges of the wings in fully mature males, to the Amsterdam Albatross which has an almost juvenile-like breeding plumage with a great deal of brown, particularly a strong brown band around the chest.

ARKive - images and movies of the southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)

The Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) is a large seabird from the albatross family.

The Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) lags behind the Wandering only slightly in all aspects of size.