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The
Light-mantled Albatross
(
Phoebetria palpebrata
) is a small (length of 79–89 cm or 31.1–35.0 in) sooty-brown or blackish
albatross
, with markings similar to a
Siamese cat
. It has a
circumpolar
pelagic
distribution in the
Southern Ocean
. Except when breeding, its habitat is entirely
marine
, and it will forage from the edges of the Antarctic
drift ice
to about 40° S.
Photo credit:
Vincent Legendre
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