List of Birds of The United States - Albatrosses

Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are amongst the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.

  • Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (C)
  • Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta (C)
  • Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophris (A)
  • Light-mantled Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata (A)
  • Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans (A)
  • Laysan Albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis
  • Black-footed Albatross, Phoebastria nigripes
  • Short-tailed Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus

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