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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 ...
Three albatross species, the black-footed albatross and the two sooty albatrosses, vary completely from the usual patterns and are almost entirely dark brown (or dark grey in places in the case of the light-mantled albatross). Albatrosses take several years to get their full adult breeding plumage. [7]
Mollymawks have the largest range in size of all the albatross genera, as their wingspans are 180 to 256 cm (71–101 in). [9] Mollymawks have what has been described as gull -like plumage , with dark black backs, mantle and tails and lighter heads, underwings and bellies.
Procellariiforms range in size from the very large wandering albatross, at 11 kg (24 lb) and a 3.6-metre (12-foot) wingspan, to tiny birds like the least storm petrel, at 20 g (0.71 oz) with a 32-centimetre (13-inch) wingspan, [27] and the smallest of the prions, the fairy prion, with a wingspan of 23 to 28 cm (9.1 to 11.0 in). [22]
The laysan albatross averages 32 in in length and has a wingspan of 77–80 in. They have the largest wingspan of any bird. The Laysan albatross feeds predominantly on cephalopods , but also eats ...
Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes; Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus; ... Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are ...
Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes NT; Waved albatross, Phoebastria irrorata CR; Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus VU; Wandering albatross ...
Black-footed albatross. Order: Procellariiformes Family: Diomedeidae. The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassar chlororhynchus (C) LC; White-capped albatross, Thalassarche cauta (C) NT