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Diomedea is a genus of albatrosses within the family Diomedeidae. It belongs to the order Procellariiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is named after Diomedes. Its taxonomic status is accepted.
The habitat of this marine taxon is the ocean. Records for Diomedea are held by institutions including the USNM and SDNHM, with data associated with the United States. The genus has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyDiomedeidae
Diomedea es un género de aves procelariformes de la familia de los albatros (Diomedeidae) que incluye a las especies de albatros de mayor tamaño de la familia.
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- Specimen records
- 433
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- albatros
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Encyclopedic overview
The great albatrosses are seabirds in the genus Diomedea in the albatross family. The genus Diomedea formerly included all albatrosses except the sooty albatrosses, but in 1996 the genus was split, with the mollymawks and the North Pacific albatrosses both being elevated to separate genera.
The great albatrosses themselves form two species complexes, the wandering and Amsterdam albatrosses, and the royal albatrosses. The splitting of the great albatrosses into six or seven species has been accepted by most, though not all, authorities.
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