Sooty albatross
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![Immature](/Images/godic/202502/12/Phoebetria_fusca_immature_-_SE_Tasmania4215.jpg")
![Stuffed specimen at the Natural History Museum, Vienna](/Images/godic/202502/12/Phoebetria_fusca_-Naturhistorisches_Museum_Wien_-4Feb20084215.jpg")
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The sooty albatross, dark-mantled sooty albatross or dark-mantled albatross, (Phoebetria fusca), is a species of bird in the albatross family. They breed on sub-Antarctic islands and range at sea across the Southern Ocean from South America to Australia.