Great albatross
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"Diomedea" redirects here. For Japanese animation studio, see Diomedéa.
The great albatrosses are seabirds in the genus Diomedea in the albatross family. The genus Diomedea formerly included all albatrosses except the sooty albatrosses, but in 1996 the genus was split, with the mollymawks and the North Pacific albatrosses both being elevated to separate genera.[1]
Quick Facts Great albatross Temporal range: Early Pliocene to present, Scientific classification ...
Great albatross Temporal range: Early Pliocene to present | |
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Snowy albatross (Diomedea exulans) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Diomedeidae |
Genus: | Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The great albatrosses themselves form two species complexes, the wandering and Amsterdam albatrosses, and the royal albatrosses. The splitting of the great albatrosses into six or seven species has been accepted by most, though not all, authorities.[2]