Birds of the World

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Genus: Phoebastria (4 species)


Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Vulnerable Range: PO: Minami-Kojima (Senkaku Is., sw of Okinawa), Tori-shima (s Izu Is.), a few on Yome-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; se of Japan) and Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.) Midway Atoll, Adult with immature. Photo credit: USFWS
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Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Vulnerable Range: PO: Minami-Kojima (Senkaku Is., sw of Okinawa), Tori-shima (s Izu Is.), a few on Yome-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; se of Japan) and Midway Atoll (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.) California,
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.

On adult, note pink bill and white back. Immature is uniformly brown. The trade in feathers brought this species to the brink of extinction, but today there are an estimated 2,300 individuals.


Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) Near Threatened Range: PO: Torishima (s Izu) and Muko-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; s of Japan), Northwestern Hawaiian Is. (most of population) and Guadelupe and Revillagigedo is. (w of n, c Mexico) Lincoln Count, Oregon, United States
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Nesting colony.


Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Critically Endangered Range: PO: Hood (=Espanola, se Galápagos) and I. La Plata (off coastal Ecuador) Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) Near Threatened Range: PO: Torishima (s Izu), Kita-ko-jima (Senkaku Is., w of Okinawa), and Muko-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; s of Japan) and Northwestern Hawaiian Is. (most of population) California, USA
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Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) Near Threatened Range: PO: Torishima (s Izu), Kita-ko-jima (Senkaku Is., w of Okinawa), and Muko-jima (Ogasawara=Bonin Is.; s of Japan) and Northwestern Hawaiian Is. (most of population) California, United States
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