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title: "Zwartvoetalbatros"
description: "Phoebastria nigripes — Vogels. The black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-footed-albatross
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwartvoetalbatros

> Phoebastria nigripes — Vogels. The black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Phoebastria nigripes*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3932
- Wikidata: [Q600319](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q600319)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4141](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4141)

## Names

- en: Black-footed Albatross
- de: Schwarzfußalbatros
- es: Albatros Patas Negras
- fr: Albatros à pieds noirs
- it: Albatro piedineri
- nl: Zwartvoetalbatros
- pt: Albatroz-patinegro
- pl: Albatros czarnonogi

## Countries with the most observations

US (849), UM (74), TW (26), JP (23), CA (16), MX (16)

## Summary

The black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae from the North Pacific. All but 2.5% of the population is found among the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of three species of albatross that range in the Northern Hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands. Unlike many albatrosses, it is dark plumaged.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-footed_albatross

## Photo

![Zwartvoetalbatros](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-footed-albatross/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155425343

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-footed-albatross?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).