Black-footed Albatross

Black-footed Albatross
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Diomedeidae
Genus:	Phoebastria;
Species:	P. nigripes
Binomial name
	Phoebastria nigripes; (Audubon 1839)
Synonyms
	Diomedea nigripes

The Black-footed Albatross, Phoebastria nigripes, is a large seabird from the North Pacific of the albatross family Diomedeidae. It is one of three species of albatross that range in the northern hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands. Unlike many albatrosses, it is dark plumaged.

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Description

Similar species

Behaviour

Diet

Calls

Reproduction

Distribution/habitat

References

^ BirdLife International (2008). Phoebastria nigripes. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 Mar 2009.
^ Brands, Sheila (August 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Diomedea subg. Phoebastria -". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 22 Feb 2009.
^ American Ornithologists' Union (1998) [1983]. "Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae: Albatrosses". Check-list of North American Birds (PDF) (7th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union . pp. 11–12 . ISBN 1-891276-00-X.

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Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Procellariiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each tubenose, including made-up species.

Thalassarche cauta portrait - SE Tasmania

This article is part of Project Diomedeidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each albatross, including made-up species.

[IUCN-1] BirdLife International (2008). Phoebastria nigripes. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 Mar 2009.

[Brands-2] Brands, Sheila (August 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Diomedea subg. Phoebastria -". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 22 Feb 2009.

[AOU-3] American Ornithologists' Union (1998) [1983]. "Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae: Albatrosses". Check-list of North American Birds (PDF) (7th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union . pp. 11–12 . ISBN 1-891276-00-X.

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