Albatrosses are very large seabirds in the family Diomedeidae. They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. They are absent from the North Atlantic, although fossil remains show they once occurred there and occasional vagrants are found. Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and species of the genus Diomedea (great albatrosses) have the longest wingspans of any extant birds, reaching up to 3.7 m (12 ft). Albatrosses are usually regarded as falling into four genera, but disagreement exists over the number of species (IOC list holds 21 species). Albatrosses are the most efficient travelers of all vertebrates on the planet.
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Phoebastria nigripes
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta
Thalassarche salvini
Thalassarche salvini
Thalassarche salvini
Thalassarche salvini
Thalassarche salvini
Diomedea antipodensis
Diomedea antipodensis
Diomedea antipodensis
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Phoebastria irrorata
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche salvini
Thalassarche salvini
Thalassarche salvini
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea dabbenena
Thalassarche melanophrys
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Thalassarche melanophrys
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria fusca
Phoebetria palpebrata
Phoebetria palpebrata
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Phoebetria palpebrata
Phoebetria palpebrata
Phoebetria palpebrata
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea exulans
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea epomophora
Diomedea sanfordi
Diomedea epomophora
Phoebetria palpebrata
Phoebetria palpebrata
Phoebetria palpebrata
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys
Thalassarche melanophrys