Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,612
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific. All but 2.5% of the population is found among the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of three species of albatross that range in the Northern Hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands. Unlike many albatrosses, it is dark plumaged.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-footed albatross”.