Sooty Albatross

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“Phoibetria fuliginosa. Sooty Albatross. Plumage ordinarily uniform sooty-brown; quills and tail blackish with white shafts; eyelids white; bill black, with long yellow (perhaps in life pink or red) groove; feet pale or flesh-color, drying yellow. In some cases the plumage lightens to a clearer more ashy-gray coloration on various prats. The head and neck frequently washed with rusty-yellow. Pacific ocean at large; off coast of N. Am.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, endangered species, ornithology, seabirds, South American birds, aquatic feeding birds, Phoibetria fuliginosa, Sooty Albatross, endangered birds

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Birds: A-B

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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