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Black-footed albatross
The
black-footed albatross
(
Phoebastria nigripes
) 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
. It is one of three species of albatross that range in the
northern hemisphere
, nesting on isolated
tropical islands
. Unlike many albatrosses, it is dark plumaged.
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