Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae - Albatrosses (2025 update)

EnglishScientificRange
Waved AlbatrossPhoebastria irroratabreeds EspaƱola (Galapagos) and Isla La Plata off Ecuador; ranges to coastal waters of Ecuador and northern Peru
Laysan AlbatrossPhoebastria immutabilisbreeds western Hawaiian and Revillagigedo islands; ranges North Pacific
Black-footed AlbatrossPhoebastria nigripesbreeds western Hawaiian Islands, and Izu, Bonin, and southern Ryukyu islands (southern Japan); ranges North Pacific from Bering Sea to Tropic of Cancer
Short-tailed AlbatrossPhoebastria albatrusbreeds Torishima (Izu Islands) and Senkaku Islands; ranges through North Pacific
Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordibreeds mostly Sisters and Forty Fours (Chatham Islands), also Otago Peninsula of southeastern South Island (New Zealand); ranges all southern temperate and subantarctic oceans, mostly Pacific
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophorabreeds Enderby Island (Auckland Islands) and Campbell Islands (New Zealand); ranges all south temperate and subantarctic oceans
Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulansbreeds high-latitude islands of South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen, and Macquarie islands; ranges all southern oceans
Tristan AlbatrossDiomedea dabbenenabreeds Inaccessible and Gough islands (Tristan da Cunha group); ranges subtropical and temperate southern Atlantic Ocean
Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensis
Diomedea antipodensis antipodensisbreeds mostly Antipodes Islands and (small numbers) Pitt and Campbell islands (New Zealand); ranges to Tasman Sea (east of Australia) eastward across southern Pacific Ocean
Diomedea antipodensis gibsonibreeds Auckland Islands (New Zealand); ranges at least from Tasman Sea eastward to mid-Pacific Ocean
Amsterdam AlbatrossDiomedea amsterdamensisbreeds Amsterdam Island (French subantarctic islands); ranges mainly south Indian Ocean
Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebratabreeds circumpolar subantarctic islands; ranges through subantarctic and Antarctic oceans
Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fuscabreeds temperate zone islands of South Atlantic and south Indian oceans; ranges through temperate zone of those oceans
Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosbreeds Tristan da Cunha and Gough islands; ranges southern oceans
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteribreeds on southern Indian Ocean islands; ranges mainly southern Indian Ocean between Tropic of Capricorn and Subtropical Convergence
Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostomabreeds circumpolar high southern latitudes; ranges southern oceans mostly south of South Polar Front
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
Thalassarche melanophris melanophrisbreeds Antarctic and subantarctic islands including islands off southern Chile, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich, Crozet, Heard and Kerguelen islands, Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia), Antipodes, Snares and Campbell Islands (south of New Zealand); ranges all southern oceans from north of Antarctic Convergence to Tropic of Capricorn
Thalassarche melanophris impavidabreeds Campbell Island group (New Zealand); ranges over temperate shelf waters of New Zealand, Australia, and the central and western Pacific
Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleri
Thalassarche bulleri bulleribreeds Solander Island and Snares Islands; ranges across the southern South Pacific (southern Australia to South America)
Thalassarche bulleri plateibreeds Chatham Islands and Three Kings Islands (off North Island, New Zealand; very few); ranges across southern South Pacific (southern Australia to South America)
Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
Thalassarche cauta cautabreeds Albatross, Mewstone, and Pedra Branca islands (off Tasmania); ranges westward to southern Africa
Thalassarche cauta steadibreeds mostly Disappointment (Auckland Islands), also Forty-Fours (rare; Chatham Islands) and Bollons (Antipodes Islands); ranges from Australian to South American waters
Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salvinibreeds mostly Bounty Islands, a few in Snares and Crozet islands; ranges to temperate and subtropical waters off southeastern Australia, western South America, and southern Africa
Chatham AlbatrossThalassarche eremitabreeds Pyramid Rock (Chatham Islands); ranges in Humboldt and Magellanic currents off southern Peru and Chile