| Recently changed genus names within the
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Petrels and
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Vernacular
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| Aphrodroma brevirostris |
(Lesson) 1831 |
Kerguelen
Petrel |
Pterodroma brevirostris |
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Storrs L. Olson,
A new genus for the Kerguelen Petrel
Bulletin B.O.C. 120, 1 (2000): 59-61
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Aphrodroma Olson 2000 |
| Phoebastria albatrus |
(Pallas) 1769 |
Short-tailed
Albatross |
Diomedea albatrus |
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G.B. Nunn, J. Cooper, P. Jouventin, C.J.R. Robertson & G.G. Robertson,
Evolutionary relationships among extant albatrosses
(Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae) established from complete cytochrome-b
gene sequences
The Auk 113, ? (1996): 784-801
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| Phoebastria irrorata |
(Salvin) 1883 |
Waved Albatross |
Diomedea irrorata |
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Phoebastria Reichenbach 1853 |
| Phoebastria immutabilis |
(Rothschild) 1893 |
Laysan Albatross |
Diomedea immutabilis |
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| Phoebastria nigripes |
(Audubon) 1839 |
Black-footed Albatross |
Diomedea nigripes |
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| Thalassarche melanophris |
(Temminck) 1828 |
Black-browed Albatross |
Diomedea melanophris |
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Thalassarche Reichenbach 1853 |
| Thalassarche bulleri |
Rothschild 1893 |
Buller's Albatross |
Diomedea bulleri |
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| Thalassarche cauta |
(Gould) 1841 |
Shy Albatross |
Diomedea cauta |
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| Thalassarche chrysostoma |
(Forster,JR) 1785 |
Grey-headed Albatross |
Diomedea chrysostoma |
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| Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
(Gmelin) 1789 |
(Atlantic) Yellow-nosed
Albatross |
Diomedea chlororhynchos |
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