Species Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825
Southern Royal Albatross
- Diomedaea epomophora Lesson, R.P. 1825. Distribution geographique de quelques Oiseaux marins, observes dans le Voyage autour du monde de la corvette la Coquille. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 6: 88-106 [95].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Campbell Island.
Introduction
Subspecies removed to full species by Gill et al. (2010).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumpolar in the Southern Ocean, breeds on NZ sub-Antarctic Islands, regularly observed over continental slope and pelagic waters off TAS, less common in other states and rarely seen from land
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
Common Name References
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Southern Royal Albatross)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [17] (Southern Royal Albatross)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 31-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 27-Oct-2015 | DIOMEDEIDAE G.R. Gray, 1840 | 27-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 27-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |