Avibase: Phoebetria palpebrata (Light-mantled Albatross)

Light-mantled Albatross

Phoebetria palpebrata (Forster, JR 1785)

Related taxa:

Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-17	Husvik--W Hilltop Gentoo Colony, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	417012581 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Kevin Guille	2022-12-12	Sourcil Noir, Kerguelen (French Southern Territory) (60 m)	call, song - [sono]	863982 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Andrew Spencer	2015-02-14	Gold Harbor, South Georgia, South Georgia Islands (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) (10 m)	song - natural vocalization; calls from a bird perched on a very steep cliff covered with tall tussock grass, just in from the ocean and not far below glaciated peaks. These calls were given while another bird flew over the calling bird, and immediately before the calling bird took off and joined the other individual in a synchronized flight display. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	214631 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Hichem MACHOUK	2020-03-10	Mayes, Kerguelen (French Southern Territory) (40 m)	juvenile - claquement de bec pour effrayer un potentiel agresseur bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	623808 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Laurent Demongin	2008-10-10	, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	203971971 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Kevin Guille	2022-12-12	Sourcil Noir, Kerguelen (French Southern Territory) (60 m)	call, song - [also] [sono]	863981 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Hichem MACHOUK	2020-03-10	Mayes, Kerguelen (French Southern Territory) (40 m)	adult, call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	623809 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Santiago Imberti	2007-01-17	, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	242423601 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Kevin Guille	2022-12-12	Sourcil Noir, Kerguelen (French Southern Territory) (60 m)	call, song - [sono]	863983 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Kevin Guille	2022-12-12	Sourcil Noir, Kerguelen (French Southern Territory) (60 m)	call, song - [sono]	864007 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Émile Brisson-Curadeau	2020-03-22	Sourcil Noir, France (France)	song -	555365 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Pam Rasmussen	2024-12-26	, Southland (New Zealand)	-	630978570 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Pam Rasmussen	2024-12-26	, Southland (New Zealand)	-	630978571 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Émile Brisson-Curadeau	2020-02-10	Mayes, France (France)	song -	555364 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Andrew Spencer	2015-02-14	Gold Harbour, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	- calls from a bird perched on a very steep cliff covered with tall tussock grass, just in from the ocean and not far below glaciated peaks. These calls were given while another bird flew over the calling bird, and immediately before the calling bird took off and joined the other individual in a synchronized flight display.	33163641 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Richard Schofield	2022-01-03	NZ (-50.831, 165.904)Shy Albatross colony, SW Cape, Auckland Islands,, Southland, New Zealand, Southland (New Zealand)	-	404889691 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Pablo Petracci	2017-10-24	Cooper Bay , Argentina (Argentina) (0 m)	call - Adult calling from the nest. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	393136 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Pam Rasmussen	2024-12-26	, Southland (New Zealand)	-	629928632 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Pam Rasmussen	2024-12-26	, Southland (New Zealand)	-	630978569 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Mark Wilson	2025-11-01	, null	-	645971511 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Yannig Coulomb	2005-01-26	Sphinx, Possession Island, Crozet, Crozet (French Southern Territory) (30 m)	song - Various calls during courtship. Typical call of the species at 0:07 . bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	287264 xeno-canto.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Jonathan Klawitter	2022-12-13	, Otago (New Zealand)	-	515939651 macaulaylibrary.org
Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-17	Husvik--W Hilltop Gentoo Colony, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	417012701 macaulaylibrary.org

Xeno-Canto: all recordings are copyrighted by their recordists and appear here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.

Macaulay Library recordings appear here under the Macaulay Library Terms of Use.