Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata
Near ThreatenedThe Light-mantled Albatross is a long-winged ocean wanderer built for dynamic soaring over open seas. It follows winds and productive currents for squid, fish, and offal, returning to remote island colonies where pairs form long bonds and raise a single chick slowly.
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Group
- Albatrosses
- Range
- Light-mantled Albatross Range — Wide oceanic range over southern or North Pacific seas, with breeding centered on remote islands
- Population
- ≈ 50K-65K