Separating the Tristan albatross and the wandering albatross using morphometric measurements

• Main Authors: Cuthbert, Richard J., Phillips, Richard A., Ryan, Peter G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Waterbird Society 2003
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Zoology; Ecology and Environment; New Zealand; Pacific; Tristan; Diomedea exulans; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12737/

Recent taxonomic revisions of the Wandering Albatross sensu lato has resulted in four separate species, the rarest of which is the Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena). We present the first detailed morphometric measurements of the male and female of the Tristan Albatross. The results are used to...