Birds and Birding's Guide to:

Watching THE ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS

Yellow-nosed Albatross

The second genus {Thalas soger on), which is perhaps doubtfully distinct, is distinguished by the fact that the upper division of the bill is narrow, and of equal width from the middle of the culmen to the base. The six species are, with one exception, confined to the Southern Ocean, the exception being the Albatross (T. eximius) of Gough Island in the South Atlantic.

The only species casually reaching the Pacific coast of South America is the Yellow-nosed Albatross (T. culminatus), a bird about thirty-six inches long, of a uniform dark brownish slate above, with the rump, upper tail-coverts, and lower parts white. The peculiar common name arises from the presence of a yellowish stripe along the edge of the lower mandible.

 

 

 

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