Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta (3)
Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus (1)

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Last updated: August 9, 2007