Bird's Eye vs Waved Albatross

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Phoebastria irrorata

Key Differences

• Bird's Eye is Least Concern while Waved Albatross is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	Waved Albatross
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Procellariiformes (Procellariiformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Diomedeidae
Genus	Alectryon	Phoebastria
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Phoebastria irrorata

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Waved Albatross

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	Waved Albatross
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Waved Albatross

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.