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Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789

212586  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212586)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Reptilia (Superclass)
  8. Aves (Class)
  9. Procellariiformes (Order)
  10. Diomedeidae (Family)
  11. Diomedea (Genus)
  12. Diomedea chlororhynchos (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 74–86 cm; wingspan: 178–206 cm. Colour: Adult: head, nape and mantle white with a grey wash; dark brown back...  
Description Length: 74–86 cm; wingspan: 178–206 cm. Colour: Adult: head, nape and mantle white with a grey wash; dark brown back and upper surface of wings; under surface of wing white with a wide dark brown leading edge and tip, and very fine dark brown trailing edge; under-parts white; tail feathers dark brown. Bill black with a yellow culmen and pinkish tip; legs and feet bluish with pink webs; immature: like adult except white head and dark bill. Habitat: Open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212586 on 2024-05-23
Date
action
by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-08-19 10:00:56Z
changed
Depew, Lorna
2008-08-25 13:16:56Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
Adriaens, Peter

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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]   

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Length: 74–86 cm; wingspan: 178–206 cm. Colour: Adult: head, nape and mantle white with a grey wash; dark brown back and upper surface of wings; under surface of wing white with a wide dark brown leading edge and tip, and very fine dark brown trailing edge; under-parts white; tail feathers dark brown. Bill black with a yellow culmen and pinkish tip; legs and feet bluish with pink webs; immature: like adult except white head and dark bill. Habitat: Open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]
LanguageName 
English yellow-nosed albatross  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 11845 proteins) 
To ITIS

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