Royal+Albatross

This is the ROYAL ALBATROSS CENTER (TM)

tiny-writing created this page! The **Northern Royal Albatross** or **Toroa**,[|[3]] //Diomedea sanfordi//, is a large [|seabird] from the [|albatross] [|family]. It was split from the closely related [|Southern Royal Albatross] as recently as 1998,[|[4]] though not all scientists support that conclusion and consider both of them to be subspecies of the **Royal Albatross**.[|[5]]
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 * = Northern Royal Albatross with [|Red-billed Gull] ||
 * ~ Why I like them ||
 * They are native ||  ||
 * They are brave ||  ||
 * They are inspiring ||  ||
 * They are right on my doorstep(not literally) ||  ||
 * Their beaks have a funny colour ||  ||
 * I can learn lots about them ||  ||
 * They are rather fascinating ||  ||
 * ~ an albtross wing span is 3 m [coryr4] ||
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 * ~ an albtross wing span is 3 m [coryr4] ||
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an albatross has a wing span of 3.5m mason

Facts by Jonty Albatross are a large seabird. We are lucky that they live near us. On taiora Head there are 150 albatross.We only saw 3! In the Chatham islands they have 20,000. But they are not taken care of. They have a wingspan of 3.5 metes long. Theoldest Albatross at the colony was in its 60s! We are one of the 2 places that has Northen Royal Albatross Taiora head and the Chatham islands. They are NOT common. There Main predator is sharks. For the babies it is stoats and rats that eat the albatrosses eggs =10 simple facts=

10.The Albatross need to get weighed to make sure that they are in tip top shape
[OLIVIA]

**//26/05/10

Albatross are the largest birds in the world. There winspan is a approxemately 3.5 meter long. The older albatross has a yellow beak and the younger albatross has a grey beak. There oldest age is about 60s. [peter]//**