Gibson's albatross

Gibson's Albatross
Adult In flight off south-eastern Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Diomedea
Species:
D. antipodensis
Subspecies:
D. a. gibsoni
Trinomial name
Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni
Robertson, CJR & Warham, 1992
Synonyms
  • Diomedea exulans gibsoni
  • Diomedea gibsoni

Gibson's Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni), also known as the Auckland Islands wandering albatross or Gibson's wandering albatross, is a large seabird in the great albatross group of the albatross family. It is found principally in the Auckland Islands archipelago of New Zealand, foraging in the Tasman Sea, with most individuals nesting on Adams Island.[2] The common name and trinomial commemorate John Douglas Gibson, an Australian amateur ornithologist who studied albatrosses off the coast of New South Wales for thirty years.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sprat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Antipodean and Gibson's wandering albatross". New Zealand Department of Conservation. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. ^ Sefton, Allan (1985). "Obituary". The Emu. 85–86. CSIRO Publishing: 135. doi:10.1071/MU9850135.