Gray-headed Albatross / Thalassarche chrysostoma
WBN 
Gray-headed Albatross
SCI Name:
Protonym: Diomedea chrysostoma Mem.Math.Phys.Acad.Sci.Paris 10 p.571 pl.14
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Diomedeidae / Thalassarche
Taxonomy Code: gyhalb
Type Locality: vicinity of the Antarctic Circle and in the Pacific Ocean.
Author: Forster, JR
Publish Year: 1785
IUCN Status: Endangered
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.
chrysostoma / chrysostomus
Gr. χρυσοστομος khrusostomos of golden mouth < χρυσος khrusos gold; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
