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title: "Two Sooty Albatrosses reach Uruguay"
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# Two Sooty Albatrosses reach Uruguay

Fernando León writing in the Spanish-language journal *Achará*published by the NGO [Aves Uruguay](http://www.avesuruguay.org.uy/) reports two new records of the Sooty Albatross *Phoebetria fusca*for Uruguay.

 The paper's English-language abstract follows:

 "On 5 and 19 march 2006 two individuals of *Phoebetriafusca*were found dead in La Paloma beach, Uruguay. This record represent the second for Uruguayan beaches".

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Sooty/Sooty_Albatross_by_Ross_Wanless.jpg)  
Sooty Albatross  
Photograph by Ross Wanless

 **Reference:**

 León, F.F. 2011. Hallazgo de dos ejemplares de albatros oscuro (*Phoebetria fusca,*Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae) en La Paloma, Departamento de Rocha.  [*Achará*2a(2): 8-9](http://www.sasua.net/avesuruguay2/doc/ACHARA_002_Junio_2011.pdf#page=11).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 29 October 2011*