Species: Phoebastria nigripes

Black-footed Albatross
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Procellariiformes

    Family

    Diomedeidae

    Genus

    Phoebastria

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Albatros Pata Negra - Albatros à pieds noirs
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae - Phoebastria - are reported from the Hawaiian Islands (Midway) (AOU 1983).
    Migration
    false - false - true - Seen year-round off the western U.S. coast. Northern-most populations move south during the winter. May migrate 1000s of km between breeding and nonbreeding areas. Usually leaves breeding areas in July, returns October-November (Terres 1980).
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Fishes, sea urchins, amphipods, squids. Forages at night catching food from surface of ocean. Feeds on refuse thrown from ships. Young initially fed regurgitated stomach oil, later mainly squid (Berger 1981).
    Reproduction Comments
    Single egg is laid mid-November to early December on Midway Island. Incubation, in long turns by both sexes, lasts 63-68 days. Young are tended by both sexes. Nestling stage lasts about 140 days. May not breed until 5+ years old. Life-long pair bond. Does not renest if egg is lost.
    Length
    81
    Weight
    3148
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G3G4
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2005-10-12
    Global Status Last Changed
    2002-11-25
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    GH - 200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles) - GH - BREEDS: northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Kure east to Kaula) and on Torishima in Seven Islands of Izu (AOU 1998). Began breeding on San Benedicto Island, off the Pacific coast of Mexico, in 2000 (1 pair); apparently also nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico (Pitman and Ballance 2002). Formerly on northern Bonin, Volcano, Marianas and Marshall islands and Marcus, Wake and Johnston islands. RANGES: North Pacific south to Baja California, to Aleutians, Bering Sea (AOU 1998).
    Global Range Code
    GH
    Global Range Description
    200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)
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