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Kōrero: Subantarctic islands

Albatross, Campbell Island

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Albatross, Campbell Island

A southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) sits on its nest amid the tussock and herbs above Perseverance Harbour. Campbell Island is a major world centre for albatrosses and most of the southern royals, which are the largest albatrosses, breed there.

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by Andy Palmer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Subantarctic islands – Auckland and Campbell islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38571/albatross-campbell-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012.