Laysan albatross Phoebastria immutabilis

Identification Tips:

• Sexes similar
• Large seafaring bird with extremely long wings
• White head, body, undertail coverts, and rump
• Upperwings and back dark
• Black and white patterning on underwings
• Bill and feet pinkish

Similar species:

Similarly pelagic shearwaters and petrels are smaller with shorter wings. Black-footed Albatross has a dark body and head. Other albatross species are rarer and have different patterning on the underwings.