page_title: Southern royal albatross
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Southern royal albatross / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora), east of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia.
context_page_description: The southern royal albatross is a large seabird from the albatross family. At an average wingspan of above 3 m, it is one of the two largest species of albatross, together with the wandering albatross. Recent studies indicate that the southern royal albatross may, on average, be somewhat larger than the wandering albatross in mass and have a similar wingspan, although other sources indicate roughly similar size for the two species and the wandering species may have a larger average wingspan in some colonies.
context_section_description: Diomedea refers to Diomedes, a figure from Greek mythology whose companions turned to birds.
caption: In flight
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS-1D X", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2019:04:02 20:29:38", "Image Artist": "John Harrison", "Image ExifOffset": "240", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "926", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "2285", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/4000", "EXIF FNumber": "9/2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Manual", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2014:07:13 12:15:35", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2014:07:13 12:15:35", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "1495723/125000", "EXIF ApertureValue": "86797/20000", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "4", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "500", "EXIF SubSecTime": "73", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "73", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "73", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3187", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2125", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1440", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "1440", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Manual Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "201019000013", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[500, 500, 0/0, 0/0]", "EXIF LensModel": "EF500mm f/4L IS USM", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "0000000000"}