Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis(Rothschild, LW, 1893)
English (US) Laysan Albatross
The Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) 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 western Hawaiian and Revillagigedo islands; ranges North PacificRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoebastria immutabilis
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Laysan Albatross
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diomedea immutabilis
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1893)
- Type locality
- Laysan Island.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1, no.9 p.48
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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