Short-tailed Albatross
Phoebastria albatrus(Pallas, PS, 1769)
English (US) Short-tailed Albatross
The Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) 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 Torishima (Izu Islands) and Senkaku Islands; ranges through North PacificRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoebastria albatrus
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Short-tailed Albatross
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diomedea albatrus
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1769)
- Type locality
- off Kamchatka.
- Original description
- Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur 1 fasc.5 p.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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