Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea albatrus) - HBW 1, p. 212
French: Albatros à queue courte
German: Kurzschwanzalbatros
Spanish: Albatros Colicorto
Other common names: Steller's Albatross
Taxonomy: Diomedea albatrus Pallas, 1769, off Kamchatka.
May represent offshoot of ancient N Hemisphere stock of great albatrosses. Monotypic.
Distribution: Torishima I in Izu Is, off SE Japan; birds regularly seen on Minami kojima in S Ryukyu Is. Formerly much more widespread in NW Pacific, E to Bonin and Izu Is.
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A bird in flight, showing its underparts Locality Minami Torishima, Japan (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 31 March 2007 4 years ago 25 sec 3.1 -
A distant bird soaring over the sea Locality Minami Torishima, Japan (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 31 March 2007 3 years ago 18 sec 2.6 -
An individual soaring over the sea Locality Minami Torishima, Japan (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 31 March 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 2.6 -
An individual in fast flight over the sea Locality Minami Torishima, Japan (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 31 March 2007 4 years ago 4 sec 2.5 -
A distant view of several birds in flight. Locality Miyakejima, Izu Islands, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 January 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 1.5
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A boat trip to the sea northern side of Taiwan
Locality Taiwan
LouisCheung 1 January 2002 2 years ago 4.4 -
A young bird approached us closely
Locality Taiwan
LouisCheung 1 January 2002 2 years ago 3.6 -
A young bird flying
Locality Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Aleix Comas 11 January 2010 2 years ago 2.5
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