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Albatrosses

Albatrosses

8 Bird Species
Black-browed Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

Common in the southern hemisphere, Black-browed Albatross is a rare vagrant to the north Atlantic. Appears broad-winged and stocky. Adult: White overall with a dark brow. Wings, back and tail are black. The undersides of the wings have extensive white panels and a broad black leading edge. The bill i more...

Length: 81 cm Wingspan: 224 cm

Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross

A huge, long-winged seabird of the Pacific Ocean. Adult is sooty-gray overall, entirely dark except for paler face and tail coverts. Outstretched wings are very long and narrow. Bill is grayish pink with a dark tip. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has dark bill. Other albatrosses in range have white mark more...

Length: 82 cm Wingspan: 214 cm

Laysan Albatross

Laysan Albatross

A huge, long-winged, white-bodied seabird of the Pacific Ocean. Adult at rest has dark wings and back, white body, white head with dark smudge around eye, and light pink bill (resembles a giant gull). In flight, wings are dark above and have variable white underneath. Sexes are similar. Juvenile has more...

Length: 82 cm Wingspan: 200 cm

Light-mantled Albatross

Light-mantled Albatross

Very distinctive albatross with many unique characteristics. Adult: Dusky head with dark eye. Nearly complete bold white eye ring. Large, very thick dark bill with blue sulcus. Uncontrasting grayish body. Dark wings and tail. Pale pinkish legs. Juvenile: Similar to adult, but browner plumage. Paler e more...

Length: 84 cm Wingspan: 200 cm

Short-tailed Albatross

Short-tailed Albatross

A huge, long-winged seabird, rare off Pacific Coast. Adult has black wings, white back and body, black tail, yellowish neck, white head, and thick pink bill. Sexes are similar. Immature plumage, retained for several years, is sooty brown overall; note large pink bill. Chunkier than Laysan and Black-f more...

Length: 91 cm Wingspan: 221 cm

Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross

Massive, mostly white albatross with a large, pink bill; dwarfs other North Pacific albatrosses. Adult: White overall. Ranges from blackish-brown wings with white upperwing coverts to almost entirely white wings. Juvenile and sub-adult starts out mostly brown with white face, but rapidly acquires whi more...

Length: 107 cm Wingspan: 254 cm

White-capped Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Accidental off Northern Pacific Coast. Adult has white body, dark wings and tail, white underwings with narrow dark border, and grayish bill with yellow tip. Sexes are similar. Juveniles have gray wash on head. Has more white on rump and underwings than Laysan Albatross. Grouped with Salvin's, Chatha more...

Length: 95 cm Wingspan: 100 cm

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross

A small albatross, rare in North America. Adult has white body, dark wings and tail, white underwings with narrow dark border, pale gray to near white head, dark eye patch, and black bill with distinctive yellow stripe along top edge. Two forms are sometimes considered separate species: Atlantic Yell more...

Length: 81 cm Wingspan: 210 cm

  • Black-browed Albatross

    Black-browed Albatross

    8 Photographs
  • Black-footed Albatross

    Black-footed Albatross

    31 Photographs
  • Laysan Albatross

    Laysan Albatross

    12 Photographs
  • Light-mantled Albatross

    Light-mantled Albatross

    1 Photograph
  • Short-tailed Albatross

    Short-tailed Albatross

    7 Photographs
  • Wandering Albatross

    Wandering Albatross

    8 Photographs
  • White-capped Albatross

    White-capped Albatross

    8 Photographs
  • Yellow-nosed Albatross

    Yellow-nosed Albatross

    13 Photographs

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Salt Water

8 species

Black-browed Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

Open Ocean
Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross

Phoebastria nigripes

Open Ocean
Laysan Albatross

Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis

Open Ocean
Light-mantled Albatross

Light-mantled Albatross

Phoebetria palpebrata

Open Ocean
Short-tailed Albatross

Short-tailed Albatross

Phoebastria albatrus

Open Ocean
Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross

Diomedea exulans

Open Ocean
White-capped Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Thalassarche cauta

Open Ocean
Yellow-nosed Albatross

Yellow-nosed Albatross

Thalassarche chlororhynchos

Open Ocean
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Human-altered Areas

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Fresh Water

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Grassland and Scrubland

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Forest and Woodlands

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