Showing posts with label Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross. Show all posts

Friday, September 24, 2010

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross – Tristan da Cunha 2003

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Tristan da Cunha Post Office issued the stamp series of Albatross from their islands, Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross. Logo of Birdlife International marked on stamps as evidence that the stamps have issued in colaboration between Tristan da Cunha with Birdlife International organization.on year 2003.

The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos, is a large seabird in the albatross family. The bird size is averages 81 cm in length. The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross is typical black and white mollymawk with a grey head and large eye patch, and its nape and hindneck are white. Other distinctintive  on the bill  is black with a yellow culmenicorn and a pink tip. The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross has a blackish grey saddle, tail and upperwing, and its underparts are predominantly white.It Its underwing and primaries show a narrow black margin. The juvenile is similar to the adult but with a white head and black bill. 
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