List of Birds of China - 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 2 species which occur in China.

  • Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus (A)
  • Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

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