Albatrosses

Waved Albatross

Phoebastria irrorata

The Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) is a 3.4 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Albatrosses

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

3.4 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Colombia.

Photo: (c) Todd Boland, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist