Short-tailed Albatross

Phoebastria albatrus - Albatros à queue courte

Systematics

Order
:
Procellariiformes
Family
:
Diomédéidés
Genus
:
Phoebastria
Species
:
albatrus

Descriptor

Pallas, 1769

Biometrics

Size
: 94 cm
Wingspan
: 213 à 240 cm.
Weight
: 5100 à 7500 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) is a species of bird in the Diomedeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Albatros à queue courte,
Albatros colicorto,
albatroz-de-cabeça-amarela,
Kurzschwanzalbatros,
rövidfarkú albatrosz,
Stellers Albatros,
Albatros codacorta,
gulnackad albatross,
Gulhodealbatross,
albatros bielochrbtý,
albatros bělohřbetý,
Korthalet Albatros,
japaninalbatrossi,
albatros cuacurt,
albatros krótkosterny,
īsastes albatross,
Белоспинный альбатрос,
アホウドリ,
短尾信天翁,
短尾信天翁,

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World, Onley Derek et Scofield Paul
Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest