Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Albatrosses :: Short-tailed Albatross

Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus

Described by: Pallas (1769)
Alternate common name(s): Steller's Albatross
Old scientific name(s): Diomedea albatrus

Photographs

Pacific Ocean, about 30 miles offshore between Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank, California, USA - Nov 20, 2010 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean, about 30 miles offshore between Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank, California, USA - Nov 20, 2010 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean, about 30 miles offshore between Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank, California, USA - Nov 20, 2010 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean, about 30 miles offshore between Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank, California, USA - Nov 20, 2010 © Glen Tepke  Location unknown - Date unknown Courtesy of USFWS 
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Range

N. Pacific Ocean;
Breeds in the Izu or Tori Shima Is. (Tsubakuro Point, Tori Shima, 580km s. of Tokyo, Japan) and possibly in the Senkaku Is. (Minami Kojima or South Islet in the sw. Ryukyu Is.). Formerly bred in the s. Ryukyu Is. and n. Bonin Is.
Formerly dispersed to Taiwan, China, Japan, Siberia, the Aleutians, s. Alaska and the Pacific coasts of Canada and the United States as well as the Hawaiian and Leeward (Midway) Is.
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer and winter off the Pacific coasts of ALK (six recent records), BCO (one recent record), WAS, ORG (one recent record) and CAL (two recent records). Formerly common before 1900. Most records occur between June and November.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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