WoRMS name details
Diomedea melanophris Temminck, 1828
212587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212587)
unaccepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 81-95 cm; Wingspan: 214-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Body white; upper wing black, under wing white with black leading and...
Description Length: 81-95 cm; Wingspan: 214-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Body white; upper wing black, under wing white with black leading and trailing edges; tail grey with black tip, black line over eye; bill yellow with a pink tip; feet grey to pink or yellowish; immature like adult except for less white on under surface of wing and dark grey bill with black tip. Habitat: Open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Diomedea melanophris Temminck, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212587 on 2025-04-19
Date
action
by
1998-06-25 12:17:44Z
created
Depew, Lorna
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 81-95 cm; Wingspan: 214-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Body white; upper wing black, under wing white with black leading and trailing edges; tail grey with black tip, black line over eye; bill yellow with a pink tip; feet grey to pink or yellowish; immature like adult except for less white on under surface of wing and dark grey bill with black tip. Habitat: Open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]Publication date Temminck, 1828 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | black-browed albatrossblack-browed albatros | [details] |
| French | albatros à sourcils noirs | [details] |
