Phoebetria fusca (Sooty Albatross)

Sooty Albatross

Dutch: Zwarte Albatros

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Phoebetria
Species: Phoebetria fusca




Many thanks to the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, for allowing us to photograph this specimen.

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Length: 165 mm
Length cranium: 55 mm
Width (cranium): 53 mm
Height (cranium): 38 mm
Alternative names: Rußalbatros (German), Albatros brun (French), Albatros Ahumado (Spanish)


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