Black-footed albatross

Weight

2.99 kg – 3.4 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

1.93 m – 2.2 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

32.7 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

40.7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

marinesrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

65 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

9 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.893src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The black-footed albatross is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderProcellariiformes
5. familyDiomedeidae
6. genusPhoebastria
7. SpeciesPhoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1839)

Synonyms Campephilus nigripes, Diomedea nigripes, Diomedea nigripes nigripes, Diomedea nigripes nigripes, Diomedea nigripes nigripes, Diomedea nigripes nigripes, Phoebastria nigripes nigripes, Phoebastria nigripes reischekia

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Short-tailed albatross

Phoebastria albatrus

Diomedeidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Waved albatross

Phoebastria irrorata

Diomedeidae

NT, Near Threatened

Laysan albatross

Phoebastria immutabilis

Diomedeidae

CompareBlack-footed albatross vs Short-tailed albatrossBlack-footed albatross vs Waved albatrossBlack-footed albatross vs Laysan albatross

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@misc{black_footed_albatross_2026,
  title = {Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-footed-albatross},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}