Hawaiian Name: Ka‘upu
Common Name: Black-footed Albatross
Scientific Name: Phoebastria nigripes

IUCN Red List: Near Threatened

Distribution: North Pacific Ocean, with the vast majority of the population breeding in Papahānaumokuākea (the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands). Also breeds on Japanese and Mexican offshore islands. Ranges widely at sea north to Alaska and Russia.

ARC focus: Telemetry

Project sites: Lehua Islet