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Sooty albatross
Sooty Soot"y, a. [Compar Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] [AS. s?tig. See Soot.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. ``Fire of sooty coal.' --Milton. 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. ``The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.' --Milton. Sooty albatross (Zo["o]l.), an albatross (Ph[oe]betria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie. Sooty tern (Zo["o]l.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.

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- The sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca), also known to sailors as the Quaker, is a species of marine bird belonging to the albatross family Diomedeidae...
- light-mantled albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus...
- great albatrosses (Diomedea), the mollymawks (Thal****arche), the North Pacific albatrosses (Phoebastria), and the sooty albatrosses or sooties (Phoebetria)...
- The sooty albatrosses are small albatrosses from the genus Phoebetria. There are two species, the sooty albatross, Phoebetria fusca, and the light-mantled...
- great albatrosses are seabirds in the genus Diomedea in the albatross family. The genus Diomedea formerly included all albatrosses except the sooty albatrosses...
- species: Sooty shearwater White-chinned petrel Southern giant petrel Northern giant-petrel Black-browed albatross Campbell albatross Grey-headed albatross Atlantic...
- albatrosses that form the genus Thal****arche. The name has sometimes been used for the genus Phoebetria as well, but these are usually called sooty albatrosses...
- Black-browed albatross, Thal****arche melanophris Sooty albatross, Phoebetria fusca Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata Royal albatross, Diomedea...
- shearwater Sooty shearwater Little shearwater Wandering albatross Royal albatross Black-browed albatross Shy albatross Grey-headed albatross Yellow-nosed...
- light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) which breeds on the island.  This article incorporates public domain material from "Sooty Cove". Geographic...