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Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Polytypic: 5 subspecies
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References

Cherel, Y., A. Jaeger, R. Alderman, S. Jaquemet, P. Richard, R.M. Wanless, R.A. Phillips, and D.R. Thompson. 2012. A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean. Ecography 35: 1–10.

Sachs, G., J. Traugott, A.P. Nesterova, G. Dell'Omo, F. Kümmeth, W. Heidrich, A.L. Vyssotski, and F. Bonadonna. 2012. Flying at no mechanical energy cost: disclosing the secret of Wandering Albatrosses. PLoS ONE 7(9): e41449. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041449.

Recommended Citation

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/wanalb