---
title: "Northern Royal Albatross"
description: "Diomedea sanfordi — Aves. The northern royal albatross or toroa, (Diomedea sanfordi) is a large seabird in the albatross family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/northern-royal-albatross
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Royal Albatross

> Diomedea sanfordi — Aves. The northern royal albatross or toroa, (Diomedea sanfordi) is a large seabird in the albatross family.

- Scientific name: *Diomedea sanfordi*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1483
- iNaturalist taxon: [1506470](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1506470)

## Names

- en: Northern Royal Albatross
- de: Nördlicher Königsalbatros
- es: Albatros real del norte
- fr: Albatros de Sanford

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (902), CL (20), AU (7)

## Summary

The northern royal albatross or toroa, (Diomedea sanfordi) is a large seabird in the albatross family. It was split from the closely related southern royal albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and some consider both of them to be subspecies of the royal albatross.

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

## Photo

![Northern Royal Albatross](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-royal-albatross/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mark Fraser · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220645908

## Machine access

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