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White-Capped Mollymawk (White-Capped Albatross) (Thalassarche cauta steadi) making an ungainly landing, Stewart/Rakiura & Ulva Islands, South Island, New Zealand
Albatrosses may be masters of the sky, but landing is at best an ungainly affair and at worst downright dangerous as they try to control their extraordinarily long wings.
Maori name is Toroa
Photo ID: NZS_03832_White-Capped_Albatross_(White-Capped_Mollymawk)_(Thalassarche_steadi)_Stewart_Ulva_Islands_NZ_October_27_CrsE2A
Photo size: 13.9 Mpixels (39.7 MB uncompressed) - 4520x3067 pixels (15.1x10.2 in / 38.3x26 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: albatross, animal, Aves, avian fauna, avifauna, beak, bill, biology, bird, birds, cauta, Diomedeidae, feather, feathers, flight, fly, flying, land. landing, Martin Grace, mollymawk, native, natural history, nature, New, New Zealand, ocean, ornithology, plumage, primaries, primary, Procellariiformes, Rakiura, Range, sea, seabird, seawater, sleadi, South, Stewart, Thalassarche, Ulva, water, White, White-Capped, wild, wilderness, wildlife, wing, wings, Zealand, zoology
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