| Laysan albatross | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: | Phoebastria |
| Species: | P. immutabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893)[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Diomedea immutabilis | |
The Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to 99.7% of the population. This small (for its family) gull-like albatross is the second-most common seabird in the Hawaiian Islands, with an estimated population of 1.18 million birds, and is currently expanding (or possibly re-expanding) its range to new islands. The Laysan albatross was first described as Diomedea immutabilis by Lionel Walter Rothschild, in 1893, on the basis of a specimen from Laysan Island.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Phoebastria immutabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698365A132643073. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698365A132643073.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Brands, S. (2008)
- ^ Robertson, C. J. R. (2003)