Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

Very rare vagrant to Britain from the Southern Hemisphere.

Breeds in New Zealand.

Adults have a dark grey saddle and upperwings that contrast with the white rump, and underparts. 

The underwing is predominantly white with broad, irregular, black margins.

It has a dark eyebrow and a yellow-orange bill with a darker reddish-orange tip, sometimes pinkish.

First British record was in July 1897 at Linton, Cambridgeshire.