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List of Albatross Species

By Nick Askew, Wed, 24/06/2009 - 13:59

Here's a list of Albatross species. In total there are 22 species in the albatross family, of which 17 are Globally Threatened according to BirdLife on behalf of the IUCN Red List. Seabirds, particularly member of the albatross family, are becoming increasingly threatened and at a faster rate globally than all other species-groups of birds; they face a wide variety of threats. Many declines are closely linked to the expansion of commercial longline fisheries in seabird feeding areas, combined with the impacts of invasive alien species at nesting colonies. Click to read about BirdLife's Global Seabird Programme work to save members of the albatross family, and many other seabirds.

Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorataCR
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrusVU
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripesEN
Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilisNT
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulansVU
Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensisVU
Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensisCR
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenenaCR
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordiEN
Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophoraVU
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fuscaEN
Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrataNT
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrysEN
Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavidaVU
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cautaNT
White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadiNT
Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremitaVU
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salviniVU
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostomaVU
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchosEN
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteriEN
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleriNT

Image credit: See a list of albatross species (Alan Tate)


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