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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- 195 4 81 110 4 1 Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
- 31 2 5 24 4 2 Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
- 65 1 35 29 4 3 Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
- 2 2 2 4 Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
- 60 1 18 41 2 5 Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata)
- 8 3 5 4 6 Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea albatrus)
- 31 9 22 4 7 Black-footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- 184 1 80 103 4 8 Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
- 26 6 20 4 9 Laysan Albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
- 50 1 25 24 6 10 Buller's Albatross (Diomedea bulleri)
- 116 5 59 52 6 11 Shy Albatross (Diomedea cauta)
- 14 8 6 3 12 Yellow-nosed Albatross (Diomedea chlororhynchos)
- 44 2 14 28 4 13 Grey-headed Albatross (Diomedea chrysostoma)
- 15 6 9 3 14 Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
- 41 1 21 19 6 15 Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Family statistics
2 genera, 15 species
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