Albatrosses

Short-tailed Albatross

Phoebastria albatrus

The Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) is a 4.4 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Albatrosses

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

4.4 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

9

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