Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Francesc Jutglar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 19, 2016
Text last updated February 19, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Късоопашат албатрос |
| Catalan | albatros cuacurt |
| Chinese | 短尾信天翁 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 短尾信天翁 |
| Czech | albatros bělohřbetý |
| Dutch | Stelleralbatros |
| English | Short-tailed Albatross |
| English (United States) | Short-tailed Albatross |
| French | Albatros à queue courte |
| French (France) | Albatros à queue courte |
| German | Kurzschwanzalbatros |
| Icelandic | Sóltrosi |
| Japanese | アホウドリ |
| Korean | 알바트로스 |
| Norwegian | gulhodealbatross |
| Polish | albatros krótkosterny |
| Russian | Белоспинный альбатрос |
| Serbian | Žutoglavi albatros |
| Slovak | albatros bielochrbtý |
| Spanish | Albatros Colicorto |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Albatros Rabón |
| Spanish (Spain) | Albatros colicorto |
| Swedish | gulnackad albatross |
| Turkish | Alaca Albatros |
| Ukrainian | Альбатрос жовтоголовий |
Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Diomedea albatrus
Pallas, 1769. Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur 1 fasc.5, p.28.
TYPE LOCALITY:
off Kamchatka.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHOEBASTRIA
- albatrus
- Albatrus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Short-tailed Albatross
