Black-footed Albatross

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'''Common Name:''' Black-footed Albatross
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'''Common Name:''' Black-footed Albatross<br>
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'''Scientific Name:''' Phoebastria nigripes
'''Scientific Name:''' Phoebastria nigripes
'''Habitat:''' Northern Pacific Hemisphere They nest colonially on isolated islands of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Laysan and Midway), and the Japanese islands of Tori Shima, Bonin, and Senkaku. Found from Alaska to California and Japan
'''Habitat:''' Northern Pacific Hemisphere They nest colonially on isolated islands of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Laysan and Midway), and the Japanese islands of Tori Shima, Bonin, and Senkaku. Found from Alaska to California and Japan
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'''Status:''' Endangered because it is taken incidentally by long-line fishing. An estimated 4 to 8,000 are taken every year. It is also vulnerable to oil and ingestion of floating plastics, which reduces the space in the stomach available for food to be brought to the chick. All of its nesting sites in the U.S. are protected.
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'''Status:''' Endangered.  '''Global Population:''' 120,000 mature individuals. It is taken incidentally by long-line fishing. An estimated 4,000 to 8,000 are taken every year. It is also vulnerable to oil and ingestion of floating plastics, which reduces the space in the stomach available for food to be brought to the chick. All of its nesting sites in the U.S. are protected.
'''Diet:''' Fish, flying fish eggs, squid and to a lesser extent crustaceans.
'''Diet:''' Fish, flying fish eggs, squid and to a lesser extent crustaceans.
'''Cool Facts:''' The Black-footed Albatross is one of three Albatrosses found in the northern Hemisphere and is the only dark colored one.
'''Cool Facts:''' The Black-footed Albatross is one of three Albatrosses found in the northern Hemisphere and is the only dark colored one.
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