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title: "Albatros galapagoski"
description: "Phoebastria irrorata — Ptaki. The waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), also known as Galapagos albatross, is one of three species of the family Diomedeidae that occur in the tropics."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/waved-albatross
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Albatros galapagoski

> Phoebastria irrorata — Ptaki. The waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), also known as Galapagos albatross, is one of three species of the family Diomedeidae that occur in the tropics.

- Scientific name: *Phoebastria irrorata*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1288
- Wikidata: [Q735296](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735296)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4143](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4143)

## Names

- en: Waved Albatross
- de: Galapagosalbatros
- es: Albatros de las Galápagos
- fr: Albatros des Galapagos
- nl: Galapagosalbatros
- pt: Albatroz-das-galápagos
- pl: Albatros galapagoski

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1064), PE (14), CL (6)

## Summary

The waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), also known as Galapagos albatross, is one of three species of the family Diomedeidae that occur in the tropics. When they forage, they follow a straight path to a single site off the coast of Peru, about 1,000 km (620 mi) to the east. During the non-breeding season, these birds reside primarily on the Ecuadorian and Peruvian coasts.

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

## Photo

![Albatros galapagoski](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/waved-albatross/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kathy Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335094839

## Machine access

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