Documenting the short-tailed albatross () clades historically present in British Columbia, Canada, through ancient DNA analysis of archaeological specimens.

The short-tailed albatross () is a threatened seabird whose present-day range encompasses much of the North Pacific. Within this species, there are two genetic clades (Clades 1 and 2) that have distinctive morphologies and foraging ecologies. Due to a global population collapse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the frequency of these clades among the short-tailed albatross population that historically foraged off British Columbia, Canada, is unclear.