Changes: Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross
	File:Diomedea exulans - SE Tasmania.png
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Clade:	Ardeae
Clade:	Aequornithes
Clade:	Austrodyptornithes
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Diomedeidae
Genus:	Diomedea
Species:	D. exulans
Binomial name
	Diomedea exulans; Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies
	Diomedea exulans exulans(Linnaeus, 1758); Diomedea exulans gibsoni

Latest revision as of 03:06, 29 April 2017

File:Diomedea exulans in flight 2 - SE Tasmania.jpg

In flight

The Wandering Albatross, Snowy Albatross or White-winged Albatross,^[3] Diomedea exulans, is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae, which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. It was the first species of albatross to be described, and was long considered the same species as the Tristan Albatross and the Antipodean Albatross. In fact, a few authors still consider them all subspecies of the same species.^[4] The SACC has a proposal on the table to split this species,^[5] and BirdLife International has already split it. Together with the Amsterdam Albatross it forms the Wandering Albatross species complex. The Wandering Albatross is the largest member of the genus Diomedea (the great albatrosses), one of the largest birds in the world, and one of the best known and studied species of bird in the world.

Other names

Gony (as in immature, mottle plumage), or "leopard gony"; Cape sheep^[6].

Description

Similar species

Behaviour

The Wandering Albatross can scent odour trails up to 12 miles away^[7].

Diet

Calls

Reproduction

Distribution/habitat

References

^ BirdLife International (2008). Diomedea exulans. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 Feb 2009.
^ ^a ^b Brands, Sheila (Aug 14 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Diomedea subg. Diomedea -". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 12 Feb 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Robertson, C. J. R. (2003). "Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 113–116, 118–119. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
^ Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
^ Remsen Jr., J. V.; et al. (30 Jan 2009). "Proposal (388) to South American Classification Committee: Split Diomedea exulans into four species". South American Classification Committee. American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 Feb 2009. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
^ Terres, John K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394466519.
^ Averett, Nancy (January–February 2014). "Birds Can Smell, and One Scientist is Leading the Charge to Prove It -". Audubon Magazine. Retrieved 1 Feb 2014. CS1 maint: Date format (link)

External links

Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Procellariiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each tubenose, including made-up species.

Thalassarche cauta portrait - SE Tasmania

This article is part of Project Diomedeidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each albatross, including made-up species.

[IUCN-1] BirdLife International (2008). Diomedea exulans. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 Feb 2009.

[Brand,_S._2008-2] Brands, Sheila (Aug 14 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Diomedea subg. Diomedea -". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 12 Feb 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Robertson-3] Robertson, C. J. R. (2003). "Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 113–116, 118–119. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.

[Clements-4] Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.

[5] Remsen Jr., J. V.; et al. (30 Jan 2009). "Proposal (388) to South American Classification Committee: Split Diomedea exulans into four species". South American Classification Committee. American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 Feb 2009. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

[Encyclopedia-6] Terres, John K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394466519.

[BirdsCanSmell-7] Averett, Nancy (January–February 2014). "Birds Can Smell, and One Scientist is Leading the Charge to Prove It -". Audubon Magazine. Retrieved 1 Feb 2014. CS1 maint: Date format (link)

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-| species = '''''D. exulans'''''
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 ''Diomedea exulans gibsoni''
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 ==Other names==
-Gony (as in immature, mottle plumage), or "leopard gony"; Cape sheep{{Encyclopedia}}
+Gony (as in immature, mottle plumage), or "leopard gony"; Cape sheep{{Encyclopedia}}.
 ==Description==
 ===Similar species===
 ==Behaviour==
+The Wandering Albatross can scent odour trails up to 12 miles away<ref name="BirdsCanSmell">{{cite web| url=http://mag.audubon.org/articles/birds/birds-can-smell-and-one-scientist-leading-charge-prove-it?page=3| title=Birds Can Smell, and One Scientist is Leading the Charge to Prove It - | accessdate=1 Feb 2014  |last=Averett | first=Nancy | authorlink= | date=January-February 2014 | work=Audubon Magazine }}</ref>.
 ===Diet===
 ===Calls===
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+[[Category:Birds of Devonshire]]

Wandering Albatross
File:Diomedea exulans - SE Tasmania.png
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Clade:	Ardeae
Clade:	Aequornithes
Clade:	Austrodyptornithes
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Diomedeidae
Genus:	Diomedea
Species:	D. exulans
Binomial name
*Diomedea exulans* Linnaeus, 1758^[2]
Subspecies
Diomedea exulans exulans(Linnaeus, 1758)^[2] Diomedea exulans gibsoni