Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes. They range widely in the Southern
Skeleton of a black-browed albatross on display at the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Unlike most Procellariiformes, albatrosses, like this black-footed albatross, can walk well on land.[citation needed]
A southern royal albatross: Note the large, hooked beak and nasal tubes.
The Amsterdam albatross or Amsterdam Island albatross, is a large albatross which breeds only on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It was only described in 1983, and was thought by some r
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Albatros d'amsterdam poussin
Adult in flight, showing dark plumage typical of the species