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Amsterdam Albatross
Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux, JP, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskirch, 1983
Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
Amsterdam Albatross, Diomedea amsterdamensis, is an albatross of the southern Indian Ocean, breeding only on Amsterdam Island. Outside the breeding season it ranges from the south-central Indian Ocean to western Australian waters. It was described in 1983 by Roux, JP, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl and Weimerskirch. Some authorities once treated it as part of the wandering albatross, but it is now recognised as a separate species.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
- Breeding range
- Indian Ocean: Amsterdam I. (sc Indian Ocean)
- Nonbreeding range
- sc Indian Ocean to w Australian waters
