<P> Order: Procellariiformes Family: Diomedeidae </P> <P> The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds . </P> <Ul> <Li> Yellow - nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (C) </Li> <Li> White - capped albatross, Thalassarche cauta (C) </Li> <Li> Chatham albatross, Thalassarche eremita (A) </Li> <Li> Salvin's albatross, Thalassarche salvini (A) </Li> <Li> Black - browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris (A) </Li> <Li> Light - mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata (A) </Li> <Li> Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (A) </Li> <Li> Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis </Li> <Li> Black - footed albatross, Phoebastria nigripes </Li> <Li> Short - tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus </Li> </Ul> <Li> Yellow - nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (C) </Li>

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