Chatham Albatross
Thalassarche eremitaMurphy, RC, 1930
English (US) Chatham Albatross
The Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita) 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 Pyramid Rock (Chatham Islands); ranges in Humboldt and Magellanic currents off southern Peru and ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thalassarche eremita
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Chatham Albatross
- Described by
- Murphy, RC, 1930
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Thalassarche cauta eremita
- Described by
- Murphy, RC, 1930
- Type locality
- Pyramid Rock off Pitt Island, Chatham Islands.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.419 p.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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