page_title: List of birds of the United States
section_title: Albatrosses
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of the United States / Albatrosses
caption_attribution_description: Phoebastria nigripes English: Taken by - James Lloyd Place - Sand Island, Midway Atoll. February 2007 Source - http://www.pbase.com/freespirit/image/80500756
context_page_description: This list of birds of the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States as of July, 2019. It includes species from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories.
  The birds of the continental United States most closely resemble those of Eurasia, which was connected to the continent as part of the supercontinent Laurasia until around 60 million years ago. Many groups occur throughout the Northern Hemisphere and worldwide. However some groups unique to the New World have also arisen; those represented in this list are the hummingbirds, the New World vultures, the New World quail, the tyrant flycatchers, the vireos, the mimids, the New World warblers, the tanagers, the cardinals, and the icterids.
  Several common birds in the United States, such as the house sparrow, the rock pigeon, the European starling, and the mute swan are introduced species, meaning that they are not native to this continent but were brought here by humans. Introduced species are marked on this list as (I). In addition, many non-native species which have individual escapees or small feral populations in North America are not on this list.
context_section_description: Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae
  The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.
  Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassar chlororhynchus (C) LC
  White-capped albatross, Thalassarche cauta (C) NT
  Chatham albatross, Thalassarche eremita (A) VU
  Salvin's albatross, Thalassarche salvini (A) VU
  Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris (A) LC
  Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata (A) NT
  Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (A) VU
  Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis NT
  Black-footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes NT
  Short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus VU
caption: Black-footed albatross
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