Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche chlororhynchos

Family | Albatrosses |
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Mainly resident in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans, this species sometimes strays north. It has been reported more than a score of times off our Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, mostly during summer. Generally far off the coast, but has been seen from shore more than once.
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