Southern royal albatross

Southern royal albatross
East of Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Diomedea
Species:
D. epomophora
Binomial name
Diomedea epomophora
Lesson, 1825[2]

The southern royal albatross or toroa, (Diomedea epomophora) is a large seabird from the albatross family. At an average wingspan of above 3 m (9.8 ft), it is one of the two largest species of albatross, together with the wandering albatross. Recent studies indicate that the southern royal albatross may, on average, be somewhat larger than the wandering albatross in mass and have a similar wingspan,[3] although other sources indicate roughly similar size for the two species and the wandering species may have a larger average (and maximum) wingspan in some colonies.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Diomedea epomophora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698314A132641187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698314A132641187.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). Wellington, N.Z.: Te Papa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. 2010. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
  3. ^ Albatross, their world, their ways. De Roy, Jones and Fitter, 2008. Firefly Press
  4. ^ CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses, 2nd Edition by John B. Dunning Jr. (Editor). CRC Press (2008), ISBN 978-1-4200-6444-5.