Light-mantled albatross
| Light-mantled albatross | |
|---|---|
| Adult in flight off Auckland Island | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: | Phoebetria |
| Species: | P. palpebrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoebetria palpebrata (Forster, 1785) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diomedea palpebrata | |
The light-mantled albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) also known as the grey-mantled albatross or the light-mantled sooty albatross, is a small albatross in the genus Phoebetria, which it shares with the sooty albatross. The light-mantled albatross was first described as Phoebetria palpebrata by Johann Reinhold Forster, in 1785, based on a specimen from south of the Cape of Good Hope.