Species profile
Short-tailed Albatross
Phoebastria albatrus
Quick answer
Breeds Torishima (Izu Islands); ranges at sea through n Pacific
- Scientific name
- Phoebastria albatrus
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Phoebastria
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Short-tailed Albatross in your journal
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Related species in Diomedeidae
- Aldiomedes angustirostris (Aldiomedes angustirostris)
- Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
- Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)
- Black-browed albatros (Thalassarche melanophris)
- Brown Gooney (Phoebastria nigripes)
- Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)
- Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida)