Light-mantled Albatross

How to identify it

1. Sooty albatross with a pale grey-brown mantle
2. Broken white crescent behind the eye
3. Pairs perform synchronised display flights

Voice

Haunting 'pee-ah' calls at nests.

Listen to recordings on xeno-canto

Where to see it

• South Georgia
• Macquarie Island

Destination guides featuring this bird

Australia Macquarie Island A windswept ridge in the Southern Ocean with millions of penguins.

1. JJanuary: Best
2. FFebruary: Best
3. MMarch: Poor or no data
4. AApril: Poor or no data
5. MMay: Poor or no data
6. JJune: Poor or no data
7. JJuly: Poor or no data
8. AAugust: Poor or no data
9. SSeptember: Poor or no data
10. OOctober: Poor or no data
11. NNovember: Best
12. DDecember: Best

New Zealand New Zealand subantarctic islands Auckland and Campbell Islands: albatross nests among megaherbs.

1. JJanuary: Best
2. FFebruary: Best
3. MMarch: Poor or no data
4. AApril: Poor or no data
5. MMay: Poor or no data
6. JJune: Poor or no data
7. JJuly: Poor or no data
8. AAugust: Poor or no data
9. SSeptember: Poor or no data
10. OOctober: Poor or no data
11. NNovember: Good
12. DDecember: Best

South Georgia South Georgia Beaches packed with King Penguins and breeding albatrosses.

1. JJanuary: Best
2. FFebruary: Best
3. MMarch: Good
4. AApril: Poor or no data
5. MMay: Poor or no data
6. JJune: Poor or no data
7. JJuly: Poor or no data
8. AAugust: Poor or no data
9. SSeptember: Poor or no data
10. OOctober: Good
11. NNovember: Best
12. DDecember: Best

Similar species

Sooty Albatross

uniformly dark mantle

Range and habitat

Breeds circumpolar subantarctic islands; ranges through subantarctic and Antarctic oceans.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.