List of Birds of Russia - 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 3 species which occur in Russia.

  • Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
  • Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
  • Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

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