Wandering Albatross - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

The Wandering Albatross was first described as Diomedea exulans by Carolus Linnaeus, in 1758, based on a specimen from the Cape of Good Hope.

Wandering Albatross has two sub-species, as follows:

• Diomedea exulans exulans
• Diomedea exulans gibsoni (sometimes known as Gibson's Albatross, and treated as a full species by some authorities)

The gibsoni subspecies nests on the Crozet Islands and Marion Island.