albatross: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Diomedeidae • gooney bird • mallemuck • gooney • mollymawk

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Black-browed albatross (Diomedea melanophris)

A Short-tailed Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus, stands on grassy ground with white and brown plumage, a pale yellow head, and a large pink bill.

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight above the ocean, showing dark wings, white head with a distinctive black eyebrow, and a pale bill.

Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) soaring with wings outstretched against a deep blue sky.

Two wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) at a grassy nest on Prion Island, with one bird sitting and the other standing with wings outstretched.

Laysan albatross: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

albatross flight pattern

How can an albatross fly so far?

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