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Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
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About the Laysan Albatross
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.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Phoebastria immutabilis
- Family
- Albatrosses
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Similar species
Other members of the albatrosses family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
- Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
- Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
- Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
- Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
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