Salvin's Albatross (9/15)

This large seabird ranges widely across the Southern Ocean, and like other albatrosses they are at risk of being killed on tuna longlines and and by trawlers.

Author: Thalassarche salvini
Common names: Salvin's mollymawk, Salvin's albatross, Bounty Island mollymawk, Grey-backed mollymawk, toroa
Location: Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand
Photo ID: 13199
Tags: albatross, Diomedeidae, mollymawk, Nationally Critical, New Zealand, pelagic, procellariiformes, Thalassarche, Thalassarche salvini, Threatened, tube-nose
Albums: Birds Tube-nosed birds Salvin's mollymawk