Species Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917
Northern Royal Albatross
- Diomedea (Rhothonia) sanfordi Murphy, R.C. 1917. A new albatross from the west coast of South America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37: 861-864 [861].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 445380 Skin, [At sea] Off Corral, Chile.Type locality references:
Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [219].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Circumpolar in Southern Ocean (mostly Pacific sector), observed over continental slope and pelagic waters off TAS but uncommon, rare elsewhere
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. (raised to full species status)
Common Name References
Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order PROCELLARIIFORMES: Albatrosses, Petrels, Prions and Shearwaters. pp.64-135 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [67] (Northern 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 | 26-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | PROCELLARIIFORMES | 30-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |