List of Birds of Angola - Albatrosses

Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in Angola.

  • Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
  • Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
  • Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
  • Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
  • Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos

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