Family
Albatrosses
Diomedeidae
20 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Procellariiformes
Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. They are absent from the North Atlantic, although fossil remains of short-tailed albatross show they lived there up to the Pleistocene, and occasional vagrants are found.
Species in this family
- Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
- Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
- Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
- Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
- Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
- Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
- Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
- Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Lookalikes compared
- Antipodean Albatross vs Light-mantled Albatross
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross vs Black-browed Albatross
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross vs Buller's Albatross
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross vs Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Black-footed Albatross vs Short-tailed Albatross
- Buller's Albatross vs Black-browed Albatross
- Chatham Albatross vs Black-browed Albatross
- Grey-headed Albatross vs Buller's Albatross
- Grey-headed Albatross vs White-capped Albatross
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross vs Black-browed Albatross
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross vs Buller's Albatross
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross vs White-capped Albatross
- Laysan Albatross vs Black-browed Albatross
- Light-mantled Albatross vs Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Short-tailed Albatross vs Salvin's Albatross
- Snowy Albatross vs Antipodean Albatross
- Snowy Albatross vs Light-mantled Albatross
- Snowy Albatross vs Tristan Albatross
- Southern Royal Albatross vs Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Southern Royal Albatross vs Snowy Albatross
- Tristan Albatross vs Antipodean Albatross
- Tristan Albatross vs Light-mantled Albatross
- White-capped Albatross vs Black-browed Albatross
- White-capped Albatross vs Salvin's Albatross