Antipodean albatross

Antipodean albatross
Diomedea antipodensis antipodensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Diomedea
Species:
D. antipodensis
Binomial name
Diomedea antipodensis
Robertson & Warham, 1992[2]
Subspecies

Diomedea antipodensis antipodensis Robertson & Warham 1992[2]
Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni[3]

Synonyms

Diomedea exulans antipodensis
Robertson & Warham 1992[2]

The Antipodean albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) (Māori: Toroa)[4] is a large seabird in the albatross family. Antipodean albatrosses are smaller than snowy albatrosses, and breed in predominantly brown plumage, but are otherwise difficult to distinguish from young snowy albatrosses (snowy albatrosses grow lighter in color with age, while the Antipodean stays darker).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Diomedea antipodensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22728318A132656045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22728318A132656045.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c BirdLife International (2008)
  3. ^ "Loons, penguins, petrels". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  4. ^ "Antipodean albatross | Toroa | New Zealand Birds Online". nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-11-26.