Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)

Family
Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Size
110 - 135 cm
Wingspan: 250 - 350 cm

First Described (Guide)
Robertson & Warham, 1992

Derivation
Di-o-më-dë'-a - from Diomede, a Trojan war hero: antipodensis - N.L., of the Antipodes

Range (Guide)

Australia (NB), Chile (NB), Eastern Indian Ocean (NB), Indian Ocean (Antarctic) (NB), New Zealand (B), Norfolk Island (NB), Pacific (Antarctic) (NB), Southeast Pacific (NB), Southwest Pacific (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is 44,500 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) [XC293087]
by Dan Lane from South Bay, approx 7 km S, near Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (call)

Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) [XC206983]
by Guy Kirwan from South Bay, approx 7 km S, near Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (call)

Subspecies
Diomedea exulans (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) and Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) following Brooke (2004), contra Robertson and Nunn (1998) who split antipodensis into two taxa Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) and Gibson's Albatross (Diomedea gibsoni).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

antipodensis Robertson, CJR & Warham, 1992 - Antipodes, Campbell and Auckland islands, NZ. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans).
gibsoni Robertson, CJR & Warham, 1992 - Auckland Is. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Gibson's Albatross (Diomedea gibsoni).

Similar Species
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) is significantly larger, but possibly not separable with certainty in field, and Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis), which has dark bill marks.

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

Files:

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