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The Albatrosses are in the order Procellariiformes and family Diomedeidae. The four genera and 22 species are shown below. The species with photographs, are highlighted in red.

Great albatrosses (Diomedea)
Wandering Albatross D. exulans
Antipodean Albatross D. (exulans) antipodensis
Amsterdam Albatross D. (exulans) amsterdamensis
Tristan Albatross D. (exulans) dabbenena
Northern Royal Albatross D. (epomorpha) sanfordi
Southern Royal Albatross D. epomophora
North Pacific albatrosses (Phoebastria)
Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
Short-tailed Albatross P. albatrus
Black-footed Albatross P. nigripes
Laysan Albatross P. immutabilis
Mollymawks (Thalassarche)
Black-browed Albatross T. melanophris
Campbell Albatross T. (melanophris) impavida
Shy Albatross T. cauta
White-capped Mollynawk Albatross T. steadi
Chatham Albatross T. (cauta) eremita
Salvin's Mollymawk Albatross T. (cauta) salvini
Grey-headed Albatross T. chrysostoma
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross T. chlororhynchos
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross T. (chlororhynchos) carteri
Buller's Albatross T. bulleri
Sooty albatrosses (Phoebetria)
Sooty Albatross P. fusca
Light-mantled Albatross P. palpebrata.