What family do albatrosses belong to?
Q: What family do albatrosses belong to?
A: Albatrosses belong to the biological family Diomedeidae.
Q: Where do albatrosses live?
A: Albatrosses live in the region of the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean.
Q: How many species of albatross are there?
A: There are four main species of albatross, which are divided into twenty-one species identified by the World Conservation Union (ICUN).
Q: What do albatross eat?
A: Albatross eat squid, fish and krill.
Q: Where do they make their nests?
A: Albatross come ashore to make their nests, mostly on islands, and usually near the nests of other birds.
Q: Why are some species endangered?
A: Nineteen of the twenty-one species of albatross are endangered due to animals such as rats and cats attacking their eggs, chicks, and sometimes adult birds; pollution of the oceans; and over-fishing. The main reason why albatross are endangered is longline fishing which causes many albatross to get caught on hooks that have been baited to catch fish. This causes the birds to drown.
