Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata(Salvin, O, 1883)
English (US) Waved Albatross
The Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) 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 Española (Galapagos) and Isla La Plata off Ecuador; ranges to coastal waters of Ecuador and northern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoebastria irrorata
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Waved Albatross
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diomedea irrorata
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1883)
- Type locality
- Callao Bay, Peru.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, pt.3 p.430
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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