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black-footed albatross

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black-foot·ed albatross  (blkftd)
n.
An albatross (Diomedea nigripes) of the Pacific coastal islands that is blackish and dusky with black feet and legs and a whitish face.
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Noun1.black-footed albatross - a variety of albatross with black feetblack-footed albatross - a variety of albatross with black feet
mollymawk, albatross - large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
genus Diomedea - type of the Diomedeidae


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The Oregon Coast will be the first birding trail in the country to offer pelagic sites, accessible only by boat to view seagoing birds such as the black-footed albatross, sooty shearwater and fork-tailed storm-petrel - "birds you'll never see standing on the mainland," Grafe said.
Lawsuits using the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Magnussen Fisheries Act over the killing and injuring of leatherback and loggerhead turtles, false killer whales, black-footed albatross and marlin have had some success, with the permanent closing of the California longline fishery, a four-year closure of the Hawaiian swordfish longline fishery, and time area closures for the Hawaiian tuna longline fishery and the Atlantic longline fishery.
6%, decline in Black-footed Albatross breeding pairs from 1992 to 2001, a 1.
 
 
 
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