What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Laysan Albatross been recorded?

Phoebastria immutabilis occurrence evidence comes from 1,206 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross — Photo (display-sized rendition): DickDaniels (http://theworldbirds.org/) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesProcellariiformesDiomedeidaePhoebastria

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,206 records across 7 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Phoebastria immutabilis · GBIF taxon key 2481381

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18602026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Laysan Albatross has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Laysan Albatross. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 873
ZZ 241
United States Minor Outlying Islands 68
Mexico 5
Japan 4
Russia 3
Canada 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.