Birds of Chile - 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 9 species which occur in Chile.

  • Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
  • Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
  • Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
  • Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
  • Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
  • Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
  • Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
  • Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
  • Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca (A)
  • Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata

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