Waved Albatross / Phoebastria irrorata
WBN 
Waved Albatross
SCI Name:
Protonym: Diomedea irrorata Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 p.430
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Diomedeidae / Phoebastria
Taxonomy Code: wavalb
Type Locality: Callao Bay, Peru.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1883
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
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.
irrorata / irroratus
L. irroratus bedewed, sprinkled < irrorare to bedew < in towards; rorare to bedew.
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)
