Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Diomedea [exulans, dabbenena, antipodensis or amsterdamensis]

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
none African Bird Club Checklist 2004 (v.1) African Bird Club Checklist August 2005 (v.1) African Bird Club Checklist March 2007 (v.1) African Bird Club Checklist January 2008 (v.1) African Bird Club Checklist May 2009 (v.1) African Bird Club Checklist March 2010 (v.1) American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993) (v.1) Clements 4th edition (v.1) Clements 5th edition (as published) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions) (v.1) eBird version 2023 (v.?) Howard and Moore 2nd edition (v.1) Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16) (v.1) Sibley and Monroe (1993) (v.1) Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998) (v.1) Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0 (v.1) South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021) (v.?) South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022) (v.?)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootalbatros, Grootmalmok
Catalan: Albatros viatger
Czech: Albatros stehovavý, albatros stěhovavý
Danish: Vandrealbatros
German: Wanderalbatros, Wanderalbatroß
English: Cape Wandering Albatross, Snowy Albatross, Snowy, Tristan, Antipodean or Gibson's Albatross, Wandering Albatross, White-winged Alabt, White-winged Albat
Esperanto: Vagalbatroso
Spanish: Albatros errante, Albatros Viajero
Spanish (Argentine): Albatros errante
Spanish (Chile): Albatros errante
Spanish (Spain): Albatros Viajero
Spanish (Panama): Albatros Errante
Spanish (Uruguay): Albatros Errante, Albatros Viajero
Estonian: rändalbatross
Finnish: Jättiläisalbatrossi
French: Albatros hurleur, Albatros hurleur, A. de Tristan da Cunha ou A. des Antipodes, Grand Albatros
Hebrew: אלבטרוס נודד
Croatian: Albatros lutalica
Hungarian: vándoralbatrosz
Icelandic: Hrímtrosi
Italian: Albatro urlatore, Albatros urlatore
Japanese (romaji): watari ahō-dori, watariahoudori, Watari-ahoudori
Japanese: ウァタリアホウドリ, ワタリアホウドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 渡り信天翁, 渡り阿房鳥
Scientific: Diomedea [exulans, dabbenena or antipodensis], Diomedea exulans, Diomedea exulans exulans
Lithuanian: Albatrosas klajoklis, Paprastasis albatrosas
Maori: Toroa
Dutch: Grote albatros, Reuzenalbatros
Norwegian: Vandrealbatross
Polish: albatros wedrowny, Albatros wędrowny
Pinyin: piāobó xìntiānwēng
Portuguese: albatroz, albatroz-errante, Albatroz-gigante, Albatroz-viageiro, gaivotão
Portuguese (Brazil): albatroz, albatroz-errante, albatroz-gigante, albatroz-viageiro, gaivotão
Portuguese (Portugal): Albatroz-viajante
Russian: Странствующий альбатрос, Страснтвующий Альбатрос
Slovak: albatros stahovavý
Slovenian: klateški albatros
Serbian: Albatros lutalica
Swedish: Vandringsalbatross
Turkish: Gezgin Albatros
Ukrainian: Альбатрос мандрівний
Chinese: 漂泊信天翁
Chinese (Traditional): 漂泊信天翁