List of Birds of Saint Helena - 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 at least 13 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Saint Helena.

  • Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (A)
  • Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris (A)
  • Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos (A)
  • Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca (A)

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