Northern Royal Albatross

Diomedea sanfordi

IUCN: Endangered

Taxonomy

Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Diomedeidae
Genus
Diomedea
eBird Code
royalb3

Distribution

breeds mostly Sisters and Forty Fours (Chatham Islands), also Otago Peninsula of southeastern South Island (New Zealand); ranges all southern temperate and subantarctic oceans, mostly Pacific

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.