WoRMS taxon details
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 212583
AphiaID: 212583
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Procellariiformes (Order) > Diomedeidae (Family) > Diomedea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Diomedea exulans exulans Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] from synonym: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Diomedea exulans amsterdamensis Roux, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskirch, 1983 Subspecies Diomedea exulans antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992 represented as Diomedea antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992 (alternate representation) Subspecies Diomedea exulans exulans Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 (alternate representation) Subspecies Diomedea exulans gibsoni Robertson & Warham, 1992 represented as Diomedea gibsoni Robertson & Warham, 1992 (alternate representation) Subspecies Diomedea exulans chionoptera Salvin, 1896 accepted as Diomedea dabbenena Mathews, 1929 Subspecies Diomedea exulans dabbenena Mathews, 1929 accepted as Diomedea dabbenena Mathews, 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Southern Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (680 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding Category: Visitor [details] Description: Length: 120-130 cm; wingspan: 272-328 cm. Colour: Adult: This plumage attained in a minimum of five years. Mostly white with black primaries and black trailing edge to secondaries. Subadult: blacker above particularly on the upper wing which is mostly black. Immature: Dark brown with white on face and underwing, but retains the dark trailing edge to the wing. The bird whitens with age. Bill large and pale pink with a yellow tip. Feet pink to mauve. Habitat: Open ocean. <388><391><393> [details] IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212583 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Diomedea exulans. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212583 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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