Sooty Albatross
Phoebetria fusca(Hilsenberg, CT, 1822)
English (US) Sooty Albatross
The Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca) 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 temperate zone islands of South Atlantic and south Indian oceans; ranges through temperate zone of those oceansRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoebetria fusca
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Sooty Albatross
- Described by
- (Hilsenberg, CT, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diomedea fusca
- Described by
- (Hilsenberg, CT, 1822)
- Type locality
- Mozambique Channel.
- Original description
- Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde 3 col.74
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Amsterdam Albatross
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Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
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Grey-headed Albatross
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Thalassarche bulleri
Shy Albatross
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