Black-footed Albatross
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Black-footed Albatross
Here the details of the Black-footed Albatross named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Diomedea nigripes Orn.Biogr. 5 p.327
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Diomedeidae / Phoebastria
Taxonomy Code: bkfalb
Type Locality: Pacific Ocean, lat. 30° 44'' N., long. 146° W.
Author: Audubon
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PHOEBASTRIA
(Diomedeidae; Ϯ Short-tailed Albatross P. albatrus) Gr. φοιβαστρια phoibastria prophetess < φοιβος phoibos prophet (see Phoebetria); "Genera et Species typicæ. ... 4. a. *Phoebastria Rchb. brachyura (Diomedea - T.) Rchb. Ic. Av. t. 26. ic. 345. t. 27. ic. 2616." (Reichenbach 1853); "Phoebastria Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. v, "1852" (= 1853)—type, by monotypy [= by original designation], Diomedea brachyura Temminck = Diomedea albatrus Pallas." (Hellmayr & Conover 1948, XIII, 41).
Var. Phaebastria.
Synon. Galapagornis, Julietata, Laysanornis, Penthirenia.
nigripes
L. niger black; pes, pedis foot < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos foot.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
