Short-tailed Albatross
Diomedea albatrus
Summary: Pelagic species presumed Very Rare to Rare off-shore in late spring and summer.
| Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |
| Sitka Road System | - | - | - | - |
| Sitka Area* | Very Rare | Very Rare | - | - |
| *Unless otherwise noted, occurrence in the Sitka Area is unknown or presumed similar to that on the road system | ||||
J Dan Webster
Rare oceanic wanderer. Gerald Sanger (1972a) reported an immature seen 70 miles west of Salisbury Sound 14 May 1956. F. H. von Kittlitz (1858) collected two in Sitka Sound, 2 and 21 July 1827, but the specimens have not been checked since the description of D. immutabilis.
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