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, 14 species, 21 taxa.
- 11 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 53 1 8 44 4 1 Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
- 12 1 5 6 4 3 Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
- 0 2 2 Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
- 7 3 4 4 5 Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea albatrus)
- 29 1 5 23 2 4 Waved Albatross (Diomedea irrorata)
- 17 1 16 4 7 Laysan Albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
- 23 3 20 3 6 Black-footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- 17 1 5 11 4 12 Grey-headed Albatross (Diomedea chrysostoma)
- 84 1 31 52 4 8 Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophris)
- 8 1 7 6 9 Buller's Albatross (Diomedea bulleri)
- 20 4 16 6 10 Shy Albatross (Diomedea cauta)
- 7 2 5 3 11 Yellow-nosed Albatross (Diomedea chlororhynchos)
- 4 3 1 3 13 Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
- 19 1 8 10 6 14 Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Family statistics
2 genera, 14 species
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| 2 genera | (100%) |
| 13 species | (93%) |
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