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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.
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Species
Near Threatenedlight-mantled albatross
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyDiomedeidae
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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.