Laysan albatross
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| phylum | Chordata | The Laysan Albatross is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. 99.7% of the population is found on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This small (for its family) two-tone gull-like albatross is the second most common seabird in the Hawaiian Islands, with an estimated population of 2.5 million birds, and is currently expanding (or possibly re-expanding) its range to new islands.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Procellariiformes | |
| family | Diomedeidae | |
| genus | Phoebastria | |
| species | P. immutabilis |
