Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophoraLesson, RP, 1825
English (US) Southern Royal Albatross
The Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: breeds Enderby Island (Auckland Islands) and Campbell Islands (New Zealand); ranges all south temperate and subantarctic oceansRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Diomedea epomophora
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Southern Royal Albatross
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1825
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diomedaea epomophora
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1825
- Type locality
- No type locality given in original description, = Campbell Island.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles 6 p.95
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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