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title: "Piau-de-costas-claras"
description: "Phoebetria palpebrata — Aves. The light-mantled albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus Phoebetria, which it shares with the sooty albatross."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/light-mantled-albatross
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Piau-de-costas-claras

> Phoebetria palpebrata — Aves. The light-mantled albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus Phoebetria, which it shares with the sooty albatross.

- Scientific name: *Phoebetria palpebrata*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1069
- Wikidata: [Q844776](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844776)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4191](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4191)

## Names

- en: Light-mantled Albatross
- de: Graumantelrußalbatros
- es: Albatros manto claro
- fr: Albatros fuligineux
- nl: Roetkopalbatros
- pt: Piau-de-costas-claras
- pl: Albatros ciemnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (182), GS (101), TF (63), AU (28), CL (3)

## Summary

The light-mantled albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus Phoebetria, which it shares with the sooty albatross. The light-mantled albatross was first described as Phoebetria palpebrata by Johann Reinhold Forster, in 1785, based on a specimen from south of the Cape of Good Hope.

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

## Photo

![Piau-de-costas-claras](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/light-mantled-albatross/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250812641

## Machine access

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