Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (32)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Francesc Jutglar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 4, 2017
Text last updated March 4, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gryskopalbatros |
| Bulgarian | Сивоглав албатрос |
| Catalan | albatros capgrís |
| Czech | albatros šedohlavý |
| Dutch | Grijskopalbatros |
| English | Gray-headed Albatross |
| English (New Zealand) | Grey-headed Mollymawk |
| English (United States) | Gray-headed Albatross |
| French | Albatros à tête grise |
| French (France) | Albatros à tête grise |
| German | Graukopfalbatros |
| Icelandic | Súgtrosi |
| Japanese | ハイガシラアホウドリ |
| Norwegian | gråhodealbatross |
| Polish | albatros szarogłowy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | albatroz-de-cabeça-cinza |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Albatroz-de-cabeça-cinzenta |
| Russian | Сероголовый альбатрос |
| Serbian | Sivoglavi albatros |
| Slovak | albatros sivohlavý |
| Slovenian | Sivoglavi albatros |
| Spanish | Albatros Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Albatros Cabeza Gris |
| Spanish (Chile) | Albatros de cabeza gris |
| Spanish (Panama) | Albatros Cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Peru) | Albatros de Cabeza Gris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Albatros cabecigrís |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Albatros Cabeza Gris |
| Swedish | gråhuvad albatross |
| Turkish | Boz Başlı Albatros |
| Ukrainian | Альбатрос сіроголовий |
| Zulu | unozulanyanokhandelimpunga |
Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, 1785)
PROTONYM:
Diomedea chrysostoma
Forster, 1785. Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, presentés à l'Académie royale des sciences, par divers savans, et lûs dans ses assemblées 10, p.571 pl.14.
TYPE LOCALITY:
vicinity of the Antarctic Circle and in the Pacific Ocean.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- THALASSARCHE
- chrysostoma / chrysostomus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Gray-headed Albatross
