Laysan Albatross / Phoebastria immutabilis
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Laysan Albatross
SCI Name:
Protonym: Diomedea immutabilis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 1 p.48
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Diomedeidae / Phoebastria
Taxonomy Code: layalb
Type Locality: Laysan Island.
Author: Rothschild
Publish Year: 1893
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
PHOEBASTRIA
(Diomedeidae; Ϯ Short-tailed Albatross P. albatrus) Gr. φοιβαστρια phoibastria prophetess < φοιβος phoibos prophet (see Phoebetria); "Genera et Species typicæ. ... 4. a. *Phoebastria Rchb. brachyura (Diomedea - T.) Rchb. Ic. Av. t. 26. ic. 345. t. 27. ic. 2616." (Reichenbach 1853); "Phoebastria Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. v, "1852" (= 1853)—type, by monotypy [= by original designation], Diomedea brachyura Temminck = Diomedea albatrus Pallas." (Hellmayr & Conover 1948, XIII, 41).
Var. Phaebastria.
Synon. Galapagornis, Julietata, Laysanornis, Penthirenia.
immutabilis
L. immutabilis unchangeable < in- not; mutabilis changeable < mutare to change (cf. immutabilis changed < immutare to alter).
• "DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS, sp. n. ... This Albatross belongs to the typical section of Diomedea as limited by Mr. Salvin, and is at once distinguished by attaining the coloration of the adult bird in the first plumage." (Rothschild 1893) (Diomedea).
• "Prinia mistacea immutabilis, subsp. nov. This race, hitherto confused with tenella Cab. (which is limited to the coastal belt), is characterised by being considerably larger and much darker" (van Someren 1920) (syn. Prinia subflava melanorhyncha).
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)
