Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Procellariiformes

Diomedeidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758
Thalassarche Reichenbach, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): albatrossfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: albatrossen

English: albatrosses sources: MASDEA (1997).

Norwegian: albatrossfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: albatrossfamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: albatrossfamilien

Nynorsk (Norwegian): albatrossfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: albatrosser

Literature

basis of record	Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.

Taxon found in 288 publications.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Diomedeidae. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148742

Drs Cees Roselaar. Diomedeidae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10726

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148742
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:10726

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2005-03-29 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Simon Claus

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