Diomedeidae - Albatrosses	Classification  Phylum: Chordata  Class: Aves  Order: Procellariiformes  Family: Diomedeidae

Albatrosses spend most of their time at sea and only come in to land to breed. They are found in the Pacific Ocean, the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Albatrosses dive from the surface of the water to catch fish, squid, and krill.

They nest in large colonies. Most species return to the place where they were born to nest. Females lay a single egg in a depression in the ground. Males help care for and feed the chick. Male and female pairs may mate for life. Albatrosses can live as long as 50 years!

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World Status Key
Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in Wild Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.

US Status Key
Threatened in US Threatened in NH Endangered in US Endangered in NH Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game

New Hampshire Species		North/Central American Species
None		Black-footed Albatross - Phoebastria nigripes Laysan Albatross - Phoebastria immutabilis Short-tailed Albatross - Phoebastria albatrus

Other Species Around the World
Africa Antarctica Asia Australia/Oceania Europe North/Central America South America
Amsterdam Albatross - Diomedea amsterdamensis Antipodean Albatross - Diomedea antipodensis Tristan Albatross - Diomedea dabbenena Southern Royal Albatross-Diomedea epomophora Wandering Albatross - Diomedea exulans Northern Royal Albatross-Diomedea sanfordi Short-tailed Albatross - Phoebastria albatrus Laysan Albatross - Phoebastria immutabilis Waved Albatross - Phoebastria irrorata Black-footed Albatross - Phoebastria nigripes Sooty Albatross - Phoebetria fusca		Light-mantled Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata Buller's Albatross - Thalassarche bulleri Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross - Thalassarche carteri Shy Albatross - Thalassarche cauta Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Gray-headed Albatross - Thalassarche chrysostoma Chatham Albatross - Thalassarche eremita Campbell Albatross - Thalassarche impavida Black-browed Albatross - Thalassarche melanophrys Salvin's Albatross - Thalassarche salvini White-capped Albatross -  Thalassarche steadi