About Albatrosses

Overview

The Albatrosses are a family of birds (Latin: Diomedeidae) within the order Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters. Worldwide the family includes about 4 genera and 21 species. Its members are primarily distributed across the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, the Indian Ocean. Notable genera include Thalassarche, Diomedea, Phoebastria. Procellariiformes are the tubenoses: albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters and storm-petrels, a great order of 149 seabirds of all oceans.

Classification

Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses); Order: Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters; about 4 genera and 21 species.

Distribution

Primarily across the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, the Indian Ocean.