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The albatrosses are a family of 21 species of large seabird found across the Southern and North Pacific Oceans. The largest are among the largest flying birds in the world. Waved albatross ( Phoebastria irrorata ) courtship ritual
In the 19th century, albatross colonies, particularly those in the North Pacific, were harvested for the feather trade, leading to the near-extinction of the short-tailed albatross. [5] Of the 22 albatross species recognised by IUCN on their Red List, 15 are threatened with extinction, that is, Critically Endangered (Tristan albatross and waved ...
2.2 Subantarctic islands of South America. ... List of albatross breeding locations. 1 language. ... together with a list of the species found at each location.
The snowy albatross and the southern royal albatross are the largest of the albatrosses and are among the largest of flying birds. They have the largest wingspans of any bird, being up to 3.5 m (11 ft) from tip to tip, although the average is a little over 3 m (9.8 ft).
This species was once considered conspecific with the northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi) as the royal albatross. The split into two species is widely though not universally accepted: it is recognized by, for example, the IOC World Bird List, [6] BirdLife International, [7] Brooke, [8] and Robertson & Nunn, [9] but not by Clements, [10 ...
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).
List of albatross breeding locations; New South Wales Albatross Study Group; C. Chatham albatross; G. Gibson's albatross; W. Wisdom (albatross) This page was ...
The Laysan albatross and the black-footed albatross have been known to hybridize. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Like all albatrosses, the Laysan albatross is known to be a long-living bird. The oldest known live bird, a female named Wisdom, was at least 70 years old as of 2021 [update] . [ 18 ]