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Where does the Sooty Albatross live?

Phoebetria fusca has 27,323 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1850 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Sooty Albatross
Sooty Albatross — Photo: 3HEADEDDOG · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesDiomedeidaePhoebetria

When it is recorded

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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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 6,299
French Southern Territories 1,779
Australia 1,110
Saint Helena 728
Antarctica 679
ZZ 643
South Georgia 49
Falkland Islands 31
Argentina 17
Chile 10
Heard & McDonald Islands 8
New Zealand 7
Bouvet Island 4
United Kingdom 3
Réunion 3
Uruguay 2

Related animals

Others in the family Diomedeidae.

Black-browed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
328,423 records
Wandering Albatross
Wandering Albatross
176,658 records
Black-footed Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
126,685 records
Gray-headed Albatross
Gray-headed Albatross
76,260 records
Laysan Albatross
Laysan Albatross
67,460 records
Light-mantled Albatross
Light-mantled Albatross
49,273 records
Royal Albatross
Royal Albatross
32,515 records
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
12,251 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.