Northern royal albatross
| Northern royal albatross | |
|---|---|
| Northern royal albatross | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: | Diomedea |
| Species: | D. sanfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diomedea epomophora sanfordi (Murphy, 1917) | |
The northern royal albatross or toroa, (Diomedea sanfordi) is a large seabird in the albatross family. It was split from the closely related southern royal albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and some consider both of them to be subspecies of the royal albatross.