List of Birds of Argentina - 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.

  • Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
  • Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
  • Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
  • Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
  • Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
  • Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
  • Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
  • Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata

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