Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Phoebetria [palpebrata or fusca] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Swartkopalbatros, Swartkopalbatros (-malmok), Swartkopmalmok, Swartkopmalmok (Swartkopalbatros)
Belarusian: Беласпінны альбатрос
Bulgarian: Антарктически тъмен албатрос, Пепеляв албатрос
Catalan: Albatros fuliginós, Albatros fuliginòs
Czech: albatros světlehřbetý, Albatros svetlohrbetý, Albatros světlohřbetý
Welsh: Albatros du cefnllwyd
Danish: Lys Sodalbatros
German: Graumantelalbatros, Graumantel-Rußalba, Graumantel-Rußalbatros, Heller Rußalbatroß, Rußalbatros
Greek: Σκoτειvό άλμπατρoς
English: Gray-mantled Albatross, Gray-mantled Mollyhawk, Grey-mantled Albatross, Grey-mantled Mollyhawk, Light mantled Albatross, Light-mantled Albatross, Light-mantled Mollyhawk, Light-mantled Mollymawk, Lightmantled Sooty Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty Mollymawk, Light-mantled Sooty-Albatross, Sooty albatross
English (Australia): Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
English, HBW: Light-mantled Albatross
English (IOC): Light-mantled Albatross
English (New Zealand): Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
English (United States): Light-mantled Albatross
Esperanto: bruna albatroso, Fulga albatroso, Heldorsa albatroso
Spanish: Albatros manto claro, Albatros oscuro de manto claro, Albatros Sombrío, Albatros Tiznado, Albratros Manto Claro
Spanish (Argentine): Albatros manto claro, Albratros Manto Claro
Spanish (Chile): Albatros de manto claro, Albatros oscuro de manto claro
Spanish (Spain): Albatros Tiznado
Spanish (HBW): Light-mantled Albatross
Estonian: tuhkalbatross
Finnish: Etelännokialbatrossi
French: Albatros fuligineux, Albatros fuligineux à dos clair
Frisian: Roetkopalbatros
Irish: Alabatras droimliath
Galician: Albatros de costas claras
Croatian: sivi albatros
Hungarian: kormos albatrosz
Icelandic: Grátrosi
Italian: Albatro palpebrato, Albatros mantochiaro, Albatros palpebrato, mantello lucido
Japanese (romaji): haiiroahoudori
Japanese: ハイイロアホウドリ
Kirghiz: ак жон буурул альбатрос
Scientific: Diomedea fuliginosa, Diomedea palpebrata, Phoebetria fuliginosa, Phoebetria palpebrata, Phoebetria palpebrata auduboni, Phoebetria palpebrata fuliginosa, Phoebetria palpebrata palpebrata
Lithuanian: Dūminis albatrosas, Šviesianugaris rūkinis albatrosas, šviesianugaris tamsusis albatrosas
Latvian: Dūmainais albatross
Maori: Toroa pango, Toroa-haunui
Dutch: Roetkopalbatros
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråalbatross
Norwegian: Gråalbatross
Polish: albatros ciemnoglowy, Albatros ciemnogłowy
Portuguese: Albatroz-de-dorso-cinzento, Piau-de-costa-clara, piau-de-costas-claras
Portuguese (Brazil): piau-de-costa-clara, Piau-de-costas-claras
Portuguese (Portugal): albatroz-de-manto-claro, Piau-de-dorso-claro
Rhaeto-Romance: Albatros stgarvunà
Russian: Светлоспинный альбатрос, Светлоспинный Дымчатый Альбатрос
Slovak: Albatros sivochrbtý, Albatros svetlochrbtý
Slovenian: Svetlohrbti sajasti albatros
Swedish: Ljusryggad sotalbatross, ljusryggig albatross, Ljusryggig sotalbatross
Turkish: Gri Sırtlı Albatros
Ukrainian: Альбатрос довгохвостий
Chinese: 灰背信天翁
Chinese (Traditional): 灰背信天翁