| Gibson's albatross | |
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| Adult off Tutukaka, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: | Diomedea |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | D. a. gibsoni
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| Trinomial name | |
| Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni Robertson, CJR & Warham, 1992
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| Synonyms | |
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Gibson's albatross (Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni), also known as the Auckland Islands wandering albatross or Gibson's wandering albatross, is a large seabird in the great albatross group of the albatross family. It is found principally in the Auckland Islands archipelago of New Zealand, foraging in the Tasman Sea, with most individuals nesting on Adams Island.[2] The common name and trinomial commemorate John Douglas Gibson, an Australian amateur ornithologist who studied albatrosses off the coast of New South Wales for thirty years.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
spratwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Antipodean and Gibson's wandering albatross". New Zealand Department of Conservation. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ Sefton, Allan (1985). "Obituary". The Emu. 85–86. CSIRO Publishing: 135. doi:10.1071/MU9850135.
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