CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	40 040012 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	40 - Aves Birds
Family:	40 40 Diomedeidae (albatrosses) - show full list
Common Name:	northern royal albatross
Common Names List:	Sanford's albatross
Organism Type:	an albatross
Synonyms:	Diomedea epomophora sanfordi
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	40 040901 Diomedea spp.

Taxon Notes:

Elevated to a separate species in the treatment of Robertson & Nunn (1998), but without universal acceptance at this time

Scientific Name Notes:

Prior to 1995 (and still by some authorities) considered a subspecies of the southern royal albatross, i.e. Diomedea epomophora sanfordi

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:10ad42d9-9ba3-498b-b400-037e2e963c81 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379386 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-11-18 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Robertson, C. J. R., Nunn, G. B, 1998. Towards a new taxonomy for albatrosses. In: Robertson, G. Gales, R., Editors, Albatross Biology and Conservation: 13-19. Surrey Beatty and Sons Ltd., Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia

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