Species[edit]
Current thinking divides the albatrosses into four genera. The number of species is a matter of debate. The IUCN and BirdLife International recognise 22 extant species (listed below),[56] ITIS recognise 21 (the 22 below minus T. steadi),[57] and one recent paper proposed a reduction to 13 (indicated in parentheses below), comprising the traditional 14 species minus D. amsterdamensis.[9]
Great albatrosses (Diomedea)
Wandering albatross (D. exulans)
Antipodean albatross (D. (exulans) antipodensis)
Amsterdam albatross (D. (exulans) amsterdamensis)
Tristan albatross (D. (exulans) dabbenena)
Northern royal albatross (D. (epomorpha) sanfordi)
Southern royal albatross (D. epomophora)
North Pacific albatrosses (Phoebastria)
Waved albatross (P. irrorata)
Short-tailed albatross (P. albatrus)
Black-footed albatross (P. nigripes)
Laysan albatross (P. immutabilis)
Mollymawks (Thalassarche)
Black-browed albatross (T. melanophris )
Campbell albatross (T. (melanophris) impavida)
Shy albatross (T. cauta)
White-capped albatross (T. (cauta) steadi)
Chatham albatross (T. (cauta) eremita)
Salvin's albatross (T. (cauta) salvini)
Grey-headed albatross (T. chrysostoma)
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (T. chlororhynchos
Indian yellow-nosed albatross (T. (chlororhynchos) carteri)
Buller's albatross (T. bulleri)
Sooty albatrosses (Phoebetria)
Sooty albatross (P. fusca)
Light-mantled albatross (P. palpebrata)