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Common Name

Black-footed Albatross

Specimen Numbers

USNM-630952

Species

Species: nigripes

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Diomedeidae Genus: Phoebastria Species: nigripes 232

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	171.649	61.029	54.842
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 3	0	0	0
Scapula	99.172	9.911	21.888

Specimen Elements

City

North Pacific Ocean

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

SI:VertebrateZoo:Birds

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

SI:VertebrateZoo:Birds

Country: USA State: Alaska - - Location: North Pacific Ocean

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

whole bird Weight: 3.8kg; culmen length: 111.8mm; tarsus length: 90.9mm; wing cord length: 53.4cm