Black-browed Albatross/Albatro dai sopraccigli neri

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Zoology

Black-browed Albatross/Albatro dai sopraccigli neri

Thalassarche melanophris melanophris (Temminck, CJ 1828)

Nomenclature adopted by the Novara  scientists

Diomedea melanophris Boie

From the Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara [...] Zoologischer Theil, A. Pelzeln, "Vögel":

"An individual shot on 4 August 1857 at 23°9‘ South and 41°52’ West by Baron Wüllerstorf. Brown iris. Body length 2‘ 8 ½ “, flight distance 6” 10’.
One female (120) shot by Baron Pöckh on the same day and place.
A male shot on 20 September 1857 at 36° 22‘ South and 5° 29’ East by Baron Wüllerstorf, brown iris. Total length 2' 10 ½ . Flight distance 6'8’. Weight 5 ¾ lbs. One specimen in Chile by Messrs. Von Frauenfeld. Zelebor", (p. 148)

References

Links

https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=67DD23DB

Details

State of
preservation 

good

Collection
date

4 August 1857, 20 September 1857

Collection 
place

Atlantic Ocean, 23°9‘ South and 41°52’and 36° 22‘ South and 5° 29’ East

Owner

Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste

Inventory Number

3104

Dimension
(cm)

63x48x37 cm

IUCN index

lower risk

State of
preservation 

Anoniem  

Date of withdrawal

Rio de Janeiro, Brasile

Place of collection

Lithograph

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inventory Number

VELH30

Dimension

62 x 91 x 91 cm

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