Yellow Albatross at ANBG

[Martin Butterfield <>]

I have just loaded a record to ALA for this observation.  Their map for the species shows most of the movement to be along the coast - the dot adjacent to Canberra in the extract below is my record.

I feel that has probably gone about as far a I should with butterflies on a birding list!  Even ones called after pelagic birds.​ 

Martin

Martin Butterfield

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On 29 January 2015 at 11:46, Martin Butterfield <> wrote:

Steve

If you agree that this long range, and thus not sharp, image 

​is a female Yellow Albatross then they are a bit more widespread than ANBG.  I took the snap on Tuesday in our garden in Carwoola (780m AMSL).  It seems to be a pretty good match for the middle image bottom row in the species page on the site you linked.

Martin

Martin Butterfield

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On 29 January 2015 at 11:26, Steve Holliday <> wrote:

Not seabirds; at least 3 male Yellow Albatross (Appias paulina) butterflies were flying in the botanical gardens yesterday afternoon. I had good views of a couple from the footbridge over the rainforest gully, next to the cafe. They were zooming around above the treeferns, having aerial dogfights with some of the many Macleay’s Swallowtails present.

 

These are butterflies from warmer climes that occasionally irrupt or migrate southwards, I have only seen them in Canberra a couple of times before. The males look like very large Cabbage Whites, being about the size of the Macleay’s Swallowtails, and are mostly white above with a few black markings. The underside is large yellowish but this is hard to see in flight. Females are much more heavily marked.  

 

Nice images here http://australianbutterfliesphotographed.com/  click family Pieridae, then Appias paulina

 

 

Worth looking out for if you are in the gardens

 

Steve