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Black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris) A Short-tailed Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus, stands on grassy ground with white and brown plumage, a pale yellow head, and a large pink bill.
How can an albatross fly so far?
Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight above the ocean, showing dark wings, white head with a distinctive black eyebrow, and a pale bill. panting Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) soaring with wings outstretched against a deep blue sky. Two wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) at a grassy nest on Prion Island, with one bird sitting and the other standing with wings outstretched. Laysan albatross: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge albatross flight pattern
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Black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
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How can an albatross fly so far?
Overview of the albatross.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
Black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris).
© ondrejprosicky/Fotolia
short-tailed albatross
Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus).
© Gerald Corsi—iStock/Getty Images
Albatross
Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris).
© Armin Rose/Shutterstock.com
panting
A panting black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) providing shade to...
Duncan Wright/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
wandering albatross
Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans).
© Andrew Peacock—Stone/Getty Images
Laysan albatross: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) nestlings, Midway Atoll National...
MCS 2nd Class Mark Logico/U.S. Navy
albatross flight pattern
Flight pattern of the albatross.
Drawing by R. Keane
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