Species profile
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
Quick answer
Plataforma arenosa
- Scientific name
- Phoebastria irrorata
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Phoebastria
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
Recording Waved Albatross in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
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)