Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Procellariiformes

Diomedeidae Gray, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758
Thalassarche Reichenbach, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: albatrossen

English: albatrosses sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: アホウドリ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: albatrossfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: albatrossfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: albatrosser

Literature

basis of record	Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.