Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Phoebastria nigripes
Albatros Patinegro, Albatros pies negros, Black-footed Albatross
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Diomedeidae
Genus
Phoebastria
Species
nigripes
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
- Castro, I. Phillips, A. (1996) A Guide to the Birds of the Galapagos Islands. Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd., London.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1981) La avifauna de Galápagos. In: Eberhardt, U. (ed.): Compendio de ciencia en Galápagos. Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 261-282.
- Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Harris, M.P., Sevilla, C., Huyvaert, K.P. (2016) LONGEVITY RECORDS FOR THE WAVED ALBATROSS Phoebastria irrorata Marine Ornithology: 40: 133-134.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Phoebastria nigripes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5150. Accessed 31 October 2026.