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Species
Critically EndangeredGalápagos albatross
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyDiomedeidae
Habitatmarine
Observations1,101
via IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), also known as Galapagos albatross, is one of three species of the family Diomedeidae that occur in the tropics. When they forage, they follow a straight path to a single site off the coast of Peru, about 1,000 km (620 mi) to the east. During the non-breeding season, these birds reside primarily on the Ecuadorian and Peruvian coasts.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waved Albatross” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.