Bird Guide Albatrosses Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
At a Glance Range & Identification Back to Top

At a Glance

All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman© 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Category
Albatrosses
IUCN Status
Least Concern
Habitat
Open Ocean
Behavior
Swimming

Range & Identification

Description

Size
About the size of a Heron
Tail Shape
Rounded, Short, Square-tipped, Wedge-shaped
Change in Abundance Over Time
Drawing on more than a century of community science from the Christmas Bird Count (CBC), this chart shows how this species’ relative abundance has shifted in recent decades. Explore more and get involved in the CBC.