Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Phoebastria nigripes

Black-Footed Albatross

WoRMS 344106ITIS 554379key itis:554379

2026-08-05: worms_id 344106 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

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

Black-Footed Albatross81 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

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Photograph of Phoebastria nigripes — Photo · James Weaver · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The black-footed albatross is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific. All but 2.5% of the population is found among the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.W CalCOFI holds 1,809 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2022.R

1,809
observations: 1,809
records: 1,809
sampling events: 1987–2022
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 1,809 obs · 1,809 events · 1987–2022
name used: Phoebastria nigripes Black-Footed Albatross · code BFAL

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:554379%22

Phoebastria nigripes

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/.