WoRMS name details

Diomedea chrysostoma Forster, 1785

212584  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212584)

 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 71-82 cm; wingspan: 214 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and throat pale bluish-grey; underparts whiite; mantle and upper...  
Description Length: 71-82 cm; wingspan: 214 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and throat pale bluish-grey; underparts whiite; mantle and upper surface of wing black; rump white; under surface of wing white with black edges; tail grey; immature: like adult except grey replaces white on underwing. <388><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Diomedea chrysostoma Forster, 1785. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212584 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
1998-06-30 09:05:00Z
created
Depew, Lorna
2011-04-07 13:28:45Z
changed

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basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>  [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Length: 71-82 cm; wingspan: 214 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and throat pale bluish-grey; underparts whiite; mantle and upper surface of wing black; rump white; under surface of wing white with black edges; tail grey; immature: like adult except grey replaces white on underwing. <388><391><393> [details]
LanguageName 
English grey-headed albatross  [details]