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Species profile—Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni (Gibson's albatross)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Diomedeidae (albatrosses) → Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni (Gibson's albatross)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
Scientific name
Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni Robertson & Warham, 1992
Common name
Gibson's albatross
Type reference
Robertson, C.J.R. & Warham, J. (1992). Nomenclature of the New Zealand wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 112, 74-81.
WildNet taxon ID
27768
Synonym(s)
Diomedea exulans gibsoni
Diomedea gibsoni
Alternate name(s)
wandering albatross (Gibson's)
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Vulnerable
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Vulnerable
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine & Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27768.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022