WoRMS name details
Diomedea chrysostoma Forster, 1785
212584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212584)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 71-82 cm; wingspan: 214 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and throat pale bluish-grey; underparts whiite; mantle and upper...
Description Length: 71-82 cm; wingspan: 214 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and throat pale bluish-grey; underparts whiite; mantle and upper surface of wing black; rump white; under surface of wing white with black edges; tail grey; immature: like adult except grey replaces white on underwing. <388><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Diomedea chrysostoma Forster, 1785. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212584 on 2024-09-24
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basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
From other sources
Description Length: 71-82 cm; wingspan: 214 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and throat pale bluish-grey; underparts whiite; mantle and upper surface of wing black; rump white; under surface of wing white with black edges; tail grey; immature: like adult except grey replaces white on underwing. <388><391><393> [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | grey-headed albatross | [details] |