WoRMS taxon details
Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 81-87 cm; wingspan: 204 cm. Colour: Adult: uniformly dark sooty brown with a slightly darker head; bill black with a...
Description Length: 81-87 cm; wingspan: 204 cm. Colour: Adult: uniformly dark sooty brown with a slightly darker head; bill black with a narrow yellow sulcus on lower mandible, not easily visible; legs and feet pale grey to pinkish; immature similar to adult but no yellow sulcus. Habitat: Open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212632 on 2025-03-27
Date
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by
1998-08-19 10:00:56Z
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Depew, Lorna
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
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 Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Breeding Category Vagrant [details]Description Length: 81-87 cm; wingspan: 204 cm. Colour: Adult: uniformly dark sooty brown with a slightly darker head; bill black with a narrow yellow sulcus on lower mandible, not easily visible; legs and feet pale grey to pinkish; immature similar to adult but no yellow sulcus. Habitat: Open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]
IUCN Red List Category Endangered [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zwarte albatros | [details] |
| English | sooty albatross | [details] |
| French | albatros brun | [details] |
| German | Rußalbatros | [details] |
