This albatross has a white body, dark grey wings, and a yellow ridge on its bill. It breeds on subantarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean and ranges widely at sea.
Adults have a pale grey to white head and neck, a dark grey mantle, upperwings, and tail, and white underparts. The bill has a yellow upper ridge and a reddish tip.
It breeds in colonies on islands and takes prey at the surface or in shallow dives. It eats fish and squid, as well as crustaceans.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.