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The
wandering albatross
(
Diomedea exulans
) is a large
seabird
from the albatross
family
which is found in the seas around Antarctica. The first albatross to be described (though it was long grouped with
Tristan
and the
Antipodean albatrosses
), the wandering albatross is the largest member of its
genus
and one of the
largest birds in the world
.
Photograph:
JJ Harrison
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