Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Birds
The southern royal albatross or toroa is a large seabird in the albatross family. With an average wingspan of more than 3 m (9.8 ft), it is one of the two largest species of albatross, together with the wandering albatross. Recent studies indicate that the southern royal albatross may, on average, be somewhat larger than the wandering albatross in mass and have a similar wingspan, although other sources indicate roughly similar size for the two species and the wandering species may have a larger average wingspan in some colonies.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Diomedea