 Albatrosses , of the biological family Diomedeidae , are large seabirds allied to the procellariids , storm petrels and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes ( the tubenoses ) . They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific . They are absent from the North Atlantic , although fossil remains show they once occurred there and occasional vagrants are found . The family contains eleven species in seven genera , four of which are extinct .
 hopefully , will soon be extinct as well.
"The bird is a symbol of freedom, of the flight of the human soul."
"The bird is a symbol of freedom, of the flight of the human soul."