General

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Pelagic albatross with pale gray head, neck, and rump, black back and upperwings, white underparts and black margin around white underwings. Red-tipped black bill has a yellow patch on upper mandible. Sexes are similar. Juvenile resembles adult, except for all black bill and smaller eye patch.

Range and Habitat

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Generally found well out to sea off the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts with a few inland sightings.

Breeding and Nesting

Yellow-nosed Albatross: One white egg is laid in a nest made of mud and incubated for 78 days by both sexes. Young remain in the nest for 130 days. One brood per year.

Foraging and Feeding

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Feeds at night on the ocean's surface on squid, cuttlefish, and other marine animals.

Vocalization

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Usually silent at sea. Breeding call is a high pitched sound and continual clattering and braying.

Similar Species

Yellow-nosed Albatross: Black-browed Albatross is larger, bulkier with yellow bill.