Procellariiformes
Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
HBW 1, p. 198
- Large, heavy seabirds with very long wings, long, heavy bill and "tubenose".
- Circumpolar in Southern Ocean, with outposts in North Pacific.
- Marine and pelagic.
- 2 genera, 15 species, 21 taxa.
- 12 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 5 3 2 4 Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
- 117 2 46 69 4 1 Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
- 35 1 23 11 4 3 Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
- 1 1 2 4 Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
- 43 1 15 27 2 6 Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata)
- 8 3 5 4 7 Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea albatrus)
- 25 4 21 3 8 Black-footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- 121 1 56 64 4 8 Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
- 26 6 20 4 9 Laysan Albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
- 31 15 16 6 9 Buller's Albatross (Diomedea bulleri)
- 76 1 43 32 6 10 Shy Albatross (Diomedea cauta)
- 14 8 6 3 11 Yellow-nosed Albatross (Diomedea chlororhynchos)
- 26 2 10 14 4 12 Grey-headed Albatross (Diomedea chrysostoma)
- 5 4 1 3 15 Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
- 36 1 19 16 6 16 Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Family statistics
2 genera, 15 species
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