Species Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)
Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, lifting off
Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, in flight, front view
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Black-browed Albatross, off Wollongong, NSW, January 2015, in flight
© Copyright R. Williams, Canberra, ACT
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Species Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)
Black-browed Albatross, Black-browed Mollymawk, Mollyhawk, Mollymawk
- Diomedea melanophris Temminck, C.J. 1838. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : F.G. Levrault Vol. 5. [Pl. 456 and text].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH 87010 Mounted skin, Pacific Ocean; RMNH 87011 Mounted skin, St Paul, Pacific Ocean; RMNH 87012 Mounted skin, St Paul, Pacific Ocean; RMNH 87013 Mounted skin, St Paul, Pacific Ocean; RMNH 87014 Skeleton (Cranium only), Cap (- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).; RMNH 88756 Skeleton, Cap (= Cape of Good Hope, South Africa)
Comment: A second skull unlocated.Type locality references:
Van den Hoek Ostende, L.W., Dekker, R.W.R.J. & Keijl, G.O. 1997. Type-specimens of birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. NNM Technical Bulletin 1(1): 1-248 [Non-Passerines.] [9]. - Diomedea melanophrys Temminck, 1839 [emendation of name Temminck, 1829, Tabl. Math. 102: 103 [document unsighted]].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumpolar in Southern Ocean, breeds on Antarctic/sub-Antarctic islands, most abundant in offshore waters but commonly seen from land
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Norfolk Island Province (21), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
ICZN 2010. Diomedea malanophris Temminck, 1828 (currently Thalassarche melanophris; Aves, Procellariformes): original spelling of specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67(3): 194-195
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [6] (Black-browed Mollymawk, Mollyhawk, Mollymawk)
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. (Black-browed Albatross)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [18] (Black-browed Albatross)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 01-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 27-Oct-2015 | DIOMEDEIDAE G.R. Gray, 1840 | 27-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |