Snowy Albatross
Diomedea exulansLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Snowy Albatross
The Snowy Albatross (Diomedea exulans) 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 high-latitude islands of South Georgia, Prince Edward, Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen, and Macquarie islands; ranges all southern oceansRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Diomedea exulans
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Snowy Albatross
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- intra tropicos Pelagi ad. Cap. b. Spei' = Cape of Good Hope ex Edwards.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.132
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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