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Phoebastria  Reichenbach, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 553521

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderProcellariiformes  – petrels, tubenoses, albatros, tubinares, pétrels  
                            FamilyDiomedeidae G. R. Gray, 1840 – Albatrosses, albatros  
                               GenusPhoebastria Reichenbach, 1853  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) – Short-tailed Albatross, Albatros ŕ queue courte, albatroz-de-rabo-curto, Albatros colicorto, Albatros rabón 
                                  Species Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893) – Laysan Albatross, Albatros de Laysan, albatroz-de-laysan, Albatros de Laysan 
                                  Species Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883) – Waved Albatross, Albatros des Galapagos, albatroz-das-galápagos, Albatros de Galápagos 
                                  Species Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1839) – Black-footed Albatross, Albatros ŕ pieds noirs, albatroz-de-patas-pretas, Albatros patinegro, Albatros pata negra 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Phoebastria    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Phoebastria    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Phoebastria   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.14, website (version 14-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Phoebastria   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reichenbach, H.G.L.  
  Publication Date: 1853   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hadbuch der specillen Ornithologie. Die Vögel   
  Page(s): i-viii,36,XXXI   
  Publisher: Zoological Museum of Dresden   
  Publication Place: Dresden and Leipzig, Germany   
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  Notes: https://archive.org/details/dievollstand361836reic   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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