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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 albatross that range in the northern hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands. Unlike many ...
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).
Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship ritual. Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis NT; Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes NT; Waved albatross, Phoebastria irrorata CR; Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus VU; Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans VU; Antipodean albatross ...
Kaʻupu (black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes) are large, dark gray seabirds with white around bill and under eye that can occasionally be seen flying off of Kīlauea Point. Unlike the Mōlī, it prefers windswept, sandy spots away from human habitation.
Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis (En) NT (99% of the total population breeds in the Hawaiian Islands.) [5] Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes (En) NT (More than 95% of the total population breeds in the Hawaiian Islands.) [6] Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus VU
The two most common are the black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus). It is also one of the few places to see a short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus), which is extremely rare; the species was thought to have gone extinct after World War II. Currently the world population hovers at around 1000 ...
Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis NT 99.7% of the total population breeds on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes NT 97.5% of the total population breeds on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes; Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus (R) Southern storm-petrels. Order: Procellariiformes ...