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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Aves (class)  »  Procellariiformes (order)  »  Diomedeidae (family)

CAAB Code: 40 040018 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Diomedea amsterdamensis   Roux, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskitch, 1983

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 40 - Aves Birds
Family: 40 40 Diomedeidae (albatrosses) - show full list
Common Name: Amsterdam albatross
Common Names List: Amsterdam Island albatross
Organism Type: an albatross
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:Breeds on Amsterdam Island, in southern Indian Ocean. Recorded as bycatch on longliners operating south of Tasmania in 1992 (Gales, 1998).
Scientific Name Notes:Prior to 1995 (and still by some authorities) considered a subspecies of the wandering albatross, i.e. Diomedea exulans amsterdamensis

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c468312f-6615-419d-87fe-40a05749718e
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405082
Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2021-11-18
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source: Gales, R., 1998. Albatross populations: status and threats. In: Robertson, G. Gales, R., Editors, Albatross Biology and Conservation: 20-45. Surrey Beatty and Sons Ltd., Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia
Scientific Name
verified against
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Roux, J. P., Jouventin, P., Mougin, J. L., Stahl, J. C., Weimerskitch, H., 1983. Un nouvel albatros Diomedea amsterdamensis n. sp. découvert sur l'île Amsterdam (37°50'S, 77°35'E), L'Oiseau, Vol. 53: 1-11.
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