Northern royal albatross

Northern royal albatross
Northern royal albatross
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Diomedea
Species:
D. sanfordi
Binomial name
Diomedea sanfordi
Murphy, 1917[2]
Synonyms

Diomedea epomophora sanfordi (Murphy, 1917)[2]

The northern royal albatross or toroa,[3] (Diomedea sanfordi) is a large seabird in the albatross family. It was split from the closely related southern royal albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and some consider both of them to be subspecies of the royal albatross.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Diomedea sanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22728323A132656392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22728323A132656392.en. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Brands, S. (2008)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Robertson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Clements, J. (2007)