Albatrosses

Sooty Albatross

Phoebetria fusca

The Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca) is a 2.6 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Albatrosses

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

2.6 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in South Africa, Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands, Australia, SH, Antarctica, S. Geo. and the Is., Falkland Is..

Where to see it: Nearshore waters (0-2mi/3km) - Gaggins Point to Rockhopper Point (Saint Helena); Nyrøysa (Bouvet Island); Nightingale Island (restricted access) (Saint Helena); Morgenstiernkysten (Bouvet Island); Mare aux Eléphants et Base Martin de Viviès (accès restreint) (French Southern and Antarctic Lands).

Photo: (c) Flavien Saboureau, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist