page_title: List of birds of Antarctica
section_title: Albatrosses
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Antarctica / Albatrosses
caption_attribution_description: Diomedea exulans
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Antarctica. The avifauna of Antarctica include a total of 61 species, of which 1 is endemic.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account.
context_section_description: Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae
  The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.
  Gray-headed albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma
  White-capped albatross, Thalassarche cauta (A)
  Salvin's albatross, Thalassarche salvini (A)
  Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris
  Sooty albatross, Phoebetria fusca
  Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata
  Royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora
  Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
caption: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
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