Procellariidae

Albatrosses: Diomedeidae

Osteology

 

Evolution and taxonomy

 
Skull
 
Brestbone and wings

Pelvis and legs
 
Literature
  • Brooke, M., 2004, Albatrosses and Petrels across the World, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
  • Burg, T.M. & Croxall, P, 2004, Global population structure and taxonomy of the wandering albatross species complex, Molecular Ecology 13, 2345-2355, Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Dénes, F.V. & Silveira, L.B. 2007, Cranial Osteology and taxonomy of albatrosses of genus Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758 and Thalassarche Reichenbach 1853 (Procellariformes: Diomedeidae), Pap. Avulsos Zool., Vol. 47 no. 3. Sao Paulo
  • De Roy, T; Jones M.; Fitter, J., 2008, Albatross: their world, their ways. Firefly Books Ltd, Richmond Hill, Ont. Canada
  • Dubois, P., Janre, P. & Jouventin, P., 2005, Ten polymorphic microsatelite markers in the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans, Molecular Ecology Notes, Blackwell Publishing
  • Fisher, M.L., 1970, The Albatross of Midway Island, Southern Illinois Univ. Press, Carbondale, USA
  • Huin, N.; Prince, P.A., Diving behaviour of the Grey-headed Albatross, Antarctic Science 9:3:243-249 Cambridge University Press
  • Jameson, W, 1958, The Wandering Albatross Rev. Ed., Doubleday & Co., Inc., New York, USA
  • Murphy, R.C, 1936, Oceanic Birds of South America, Macmillan Comp. & Am. Mus. of Nat. Hist., New York
  • Nunn, G.B.; Cooper, J.;Jouventin, P.; Robertson, C.J.R. & Robertson, G.G. 1996. Evolutionary relationships among extant albatrosses (Procellariformes Diomedeidae) established from complete cytochrome-b gene sequences. The Auk, 113:784-801
  • Penhallurick J. & Wink M., 2004, Analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Procellariiformes based om complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene, Emu, 2004, 104; 125-147.
  • Prince, P.A., Huin N., Weimerskirch H., 1994, Diving depths of Albatrosses, Antarctic Science 6:3:353-354 Cambridge University Press
  • Rheindt, F.E. & Austin, J.J. 2005. Major and conceptual shortcomimgs in a recent taxonomic revision of the Procellariiformes - A reply to Penhallurick & Wink 2004, Emu, 105; 181-186.
  • Robertson, C.J.R & Nunn, G.B. 1998 Towards a new taxonomy for the albatrosses. In Robertson, G. & Gales, R. (eds), Albatross Biology and Conservation Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping norton, NSW, Australia, 13-19. 
  • Tickell, W.L.N., 2000, Albatrosses, Pica Press, Sussex, UK
  • Warham, J., 1990, The Petrels, their Ecology and Breeding Systems, Academic Press, London, UK
     

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    Bones: E. Soldaat

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