Black-browed Albatross

SCI Name:  Thalassarche melanophris
Protonym:  Diomedea melanophris Pl.Col. livr.77 pl.456,text
Taxonomy:  Procellariiformes / Diomedeidae / Thalassarche
Taxonomy Code:  bkbalb
Type Locality:  Cape of Good Hope.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1828
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

THALASSARCHE
(Diomedeidae; Ϯ Black-browed Albatross T. melanophris) Gr. θαλασσα thalassa, θαλασσης thalassēs  sea; αρχη arkhē  power, command  < αρχω arkhō  to govern; "Genera et Species typicæ.  ...  c. *Thalassarche Rchb. melanophrys (Diomed. — T.) Rchb.  Ic. Av. t. 26. ic. 346 et t. 28. ic. 797—798.  t. 27. ic. 2614—15 et t. 28. ic. 796.  t.29. ic. 799—800." (Reichenbach 1853); "Thalassarche Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. v, "1852" (= 1853)—type, by monotypy [= by original designation], Diomedea melanophris Temminck." (Hellmayr & Conover 1948, XIII, 41).
Var. Thalassiarche.
Synon. Diomedella, Nealbatrus, Thalassogeron.

melanophris / melanophrys
Gr. μελανοφρυς melanophrus, μελανοφρυος melanophruos  black-browed, beetle-browed  < μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow, brow.

SUBSPECIES

Black-browed Albatross (Black-browed)
SCI Name: Thalassarche melanophris melanophris
melanophris / melanophrys
Gr. μελανοφρυς melanophrus, μελανοφρυος melanophruos  black-browed, beetle-browed  < μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow, brow.

Black-browed Albatross (Campbell)
SCI Name: Thalassarche melanophris impavida
impavida / impavidus
L. impavidus  fearless, undaunted  < in-  not; pavidus  fearful < pavere  to panic.