Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Diomedea albatrus Pallas, 1769 Phoebastria albatrus Family: Diomedeidae Order: Procellariiformes Back
Short-tailed albatross Kurzschwanzalbatros Albatros à queue courte Albatros colicorto
CMS App I Redlist 2000 (Criteria) VU D1+2 CITES I (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: interoceanic unclear

Diomedea albatrus

Present movements unknown, probably still disperses widely in N Pacific, reaching the Gulf of Alaska and W coast of N America, as in past; 3 recent records ferom Hawaii, including a ringed adult that has visited Midway I regularly since 1972.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: East Asia, North America, North Asia
Recommended link: http://montereybay.com/creagrus/darkalb_id.html
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

Populations