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Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are amongst the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.

• Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta (A)
• Laysan Albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis
• Black-footed Albatross, Phoebastria nigripes
• Short-tailed Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus