Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis) - HBW 1, p. 211
French: Albatros d'Amsterdam
German: Amsterdamalbatros
Spanish: Albatros de la Amsterdam
Taxonomy: Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux et al., 1983, Amsterdam Island.
Recently described; may be better considered subspecies of D. exulans (see page 198). Monotypic.
Distribution: Amsterdam I, S Indian Ocean.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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A bird following the ship for several minutes was id as belonging to this species due to the presence of a black cutting edge on
Locality Drake Passage (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 25 February 2001 1 year ago 3.4
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