Diomedea fuliginosa; Print; Great albatross; The great albatrosses are seabirds in the genus Diomedea in the albatross family. The genus Diomedea formerly included all albatrosses except the sooty albatrosses; but in 1996 the genus was split; with the mollymawks and the North Pacific albatrosses both being elevated to separate genera. The great albatrosses themselves form two species complexes; the wandering and Amsterdam albatrosses; and the royal albatrosses. The splitting of the great albatrosses into six or seven species has been accepted by most; though not all authorities.; 1820-1860