Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche chlororhynchos(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) 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 Tristan da Cunha and Gough islands; ranges southern oceansRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diomedea chlororhynchos
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.568
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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