Grey-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma(Forster, JR, 1785)
English (US) Gray-headed Albatross
UK name: Grey-headed Albatross
The Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) 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 circumpolar high southern latitudes; ranges southern oceans mostly south of South Polar FrontRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thalassarche chrysostoma
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Albatross
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Albatross
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1785)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diomedea chrysostoma
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1785)
- Type locality
- vicinity of the Antarctic Circle and in the Pacific Ocean.
- Original description
- Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, presentés à l'Académie royale des sciences, par divers savans, et lûs dans ses assemblées 10 p.571 pl.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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