Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
Family Diomedeidae
Critically Endangered — AUS: Vulnerable, NSW: Endangered, QLD: Vulnerable, VIC: Critically Endangered, TAS: Endangered, SA: Vulnerable, WA: Vulnerable, Bonn: Listed
About
The snowy albatross, also known as the wandering albatross, white-winged albatross, or goonie, is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae; they have a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. It is the largest species of albatross and was long considered to be the same species as the Tristan albatross and the Antipodean albatross. Together with the Amsterdam albatross, it forms the wandering albatross species complex, which some began referring to more recently as "snowy".
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Discovery Bay Coastal Park (Atlas of Living Australia, date unrecorded) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Discovery Bay Coastal Park — Great Ocean Road & the Otways hikes