gooney bird vs albatross

gooney bird and albatross both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gooney bird	Yes	No	No	No
albatross	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, albatross is a hypernym of gooney bird; that is, albatross is a word with a broader meaning than gooney bird:

gooney bird: a variety of albatross with black feet
albatross: large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

Other hypernyms of gooney bird include mollymawk.

gooney bird (noun)	albatross (noun)
a variety of albatross with black feet	large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
	(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps