WoRMS taxon details
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789)
159069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159069)
accepted
Species
Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thalassarche chlororhynchos chlororynchos (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (rank change)
Thalassarche chlororhyncos (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (spelling mistake)
- Subspecies Thalassarche chlororhynchos carteri (Mathews, 1912) accepted as Thalassarche carteri (Rothschild, 1903) (rank change)
- Subspecies Thalassarche chlororhynchos chlororynchos (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789) (rank change)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution North America; very rare visitor
Distribution North America; very rare visitor [details]
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
Other
additional source
Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions Length: 32" (81 cm); Wingspan: 80" (203 cm) [details]Distribution North America; very rare visitor [details]
Reproduction Breeds on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean and on St. Paul Island in the Indian Ocean. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | geelbekalbatros | [details] |
| English | yellow-nosed albatrossIndian yellow-nosed albatrossAtlantic yellow-nosed albatross | [details] |
| French | albatros à nez jaune | [details] |
| German | Gelbnasenalbatros | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | tristanalbatross | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | tristanalbatross | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 11845 proteins) (from synonym Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 11845 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 11845 proteins) (from synonym Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 11845 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
