Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,359
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to 99.7% of the population. This small (for its family) gull-like albatross is the second-most common seabird in the Hawaiian Islands, with an estimated population of 1.18 million birds, and is currently expanding (or possibly re-expanding) its range to new islands. The Laysan albatross was first described as Diomedea immutabilis by Lionel Walter Rothschild, in 1893, on the basis of a specimen from Laysan Island.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Laysan albatross”.