Albatross - Royal Albatross breeds in New Zealand

The Royal Albatross, which breeds in New Zealand, is the largest of the albatrosses. It spends its life gliding above the southern oceans. The Royal Albatross hunts fish, crustaceans, salps and cephalopods, such as octopus and squid. The Royal Albatross have long narrow wings. They have white front edge to upper wing in the Southern Royal Albatross. The tail is mainly white. Their bill is horn-coloured with black cutting edge.

When in flight the bird is more 'hunchbacked' than the Wandering Albatross. The Royal Albatross fly around the sub-Antarctic zone, across the South Indian Ocean and Southern Australian seas, to return to their breeding grounds in New Zealand.