Phoebastria

4 species

The list of species of Phoebastria genus

The North Pacific albatrosses are large seabirds from the genus Phoebastria in the albatross family. They are the most tropical of the albatrosses, with two species (the Laysan and black-footed albatrosses) nesting in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, one on sub-tropical islands south of Japan (the short-tailed albatross), and one nesting on the equator (the waved albatross).

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Laysan Albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis

The Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis ) is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to 99.7% of the population. This small (for its family) gull-like albatross is the second-most common...

Short-Tailed Albatross

Phoebastria albatrus

The short-tailed albatross or Steller's albatross (Phoebastria albatrus ) is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific. Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses, it also exhibits behavioural and morphological links to the...

Waved Albatross

Phoebastria irrorata

The waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata ), also known as Galapagos albatross, is the only member of the family Diomedeidae located in the tropics. When they forage, they follow a straight path to a single site off the coast of Peru, about 1,000 km...

Black-footed albatross

Phoebastria nigripes

The black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes ) is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific. All but 2.5% of the population is found among the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of three species of...