Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Phoebastria albatrus

Short-Tailed Albatross

WoRMS 344103ITIS 554377key itis:554377

2026-08-05: worms_id 344103 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · juan.jeri.vidal · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Phoebastria irrorata

Short-Tailed Albatross94 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · sealifebase

Photograph of Phoebastria albatrus — Photo · Leary, Pete, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat

The short-tailed albatross or Steller's albatross is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific. Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses, it also exhibits behavioural and morphological links to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1992 and 2022.R

2
observations: 2
records: 2
sampling events: 1992–2022
years: 1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Seabirds & Marine Mammals 2 obs · 2 events · 1992–2022
name used: Phoebastria albatrus Short-Tailed Albatross · code STAL

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:554377%22

Phoebastria albatrus

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.