AlbatrossWelcome to Zonein's Animals of Antarctica information files.
Common name: ALBATROSS

Scientific name:  22 species of albatrosses

Great albatrosses (Diomedea)
Wandering Albatross D. exulans
Antipodean Albatross D. (exulans) antipodensis
Amsterdam Albatross D. (exulans) amsterdamensis
Tristan Albatross D. (exulans) dabbenena


Northern Royal Albatross D. (epomorpha) sanfordi
Southern Royal Albatross D. epomophora
North Pacific albatrosses (Phoebastria)
Waved Albatross P. irrorata
Short-tailed Albatross P. albatrus
Black-footed Albatross P. nigripes
Laysan Albatross P. immutabilis


Mollymawks (Thalassarche)
Black-browed Albatross T. melanophris
Campbell Albatross T. (melanophris) impavida
Shy Albatross T. cauta
White-capped Albatross T. steadi
Chatham Albatross T. (cauta) eremita
Salvin's Albatross T. (cauta) salvini
Grey-headed Albatross T. chrysostoma
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross T. chlororhynchos
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross T. (chlororhynchos) carteri
Buller's Albatross T. bulleri


Sooty albatrosses (Phoebetria)
Sooty Albatross P. fusca
Light-mantled Albatross P. palpebrata.

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Size: lengths of metres
Life Span: yearsCurrent Status: endangered in some areas of its range
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Albatrosses in the Southern Ocean. Photograph by: Dave Munroe, National Science Foundation






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