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Light-mantled Albatross

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Light-mantled Albatross

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Also known as Phoebetria palpebrata

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Light-mantled Albatross, scientifically named *Phoebetria palpebrata*, is a species of bird within the class Aves. It belongs to the order Procellariiformes and the family Diomedeidae. The taxon was described by Forster in 1785 and holds an accepted status in biological records. This marine organism is part of the phylum Chordata.

Physical characteristics include a wingspan of 207.5 and a mass of 3.15. The species has a litter size of 1. Its conservation status was listed as Near Threatened in 2018.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Near Threatened

light-mantled albatross

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderProcellariiformes
  4. FamilyDiomedeidae
Habitatmarine
Observations1,038

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Phoebetria
Mass
3.15
Image
Phoebetria palpebrata - Flying 2.jpg
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taxon range
Africa
taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Near Threatened
taxon name
Phoebetria palpebrata
Commons category
Phoebetria palpebrata
Commons gallery
Phoebetria palpebrata
taxon common name
albatroz-tisnado
wingspan
207.5
litter size
1
short name
P. palpebrata
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Encyclopedic overview

The light-mantled albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus Phoebetria, which it shares with the sooty albatross. The light-mantled albatross was first described as Phoebetria palpebrata by Johann Reinhold Forster, in 1785, based on a specimen from south of the Cape of Good Hope.

Physiology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Light-mantled Albatross” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.