Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross

Description

The Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross averages 81 cm (32 in) in length.It is a typical black and white mollymawk with a grey head and large eye patch,and its nape and hindneck are white.Its bill is black with a yellow culminicorn and a pink tip.It has a blackish grey saddle,tail and upperwing,and its underparts are predominantly white.Its underwing and primaries show a narrow black margin.The juvenile is similar to the adult but with a white head and black bill.It can be differentiated from the Indian yellow-nosed by its darker head.Relative to other mollymawks it can be distinguished by its smaller size (the wings being particularly narrow) and the thin black edging to the underwing,The grey-headed albatross has a similar grey head but more extensive and less well defined black markings around the edge of the underwing.Salvin's albatross also has a grey head but has much broader wings,a pale bill and even narrower black borders to the underwing.