Mollymawk

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Mollymawk
Shy albatross (
Thalassarche cauta
)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Thalassarche
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Diomedea melanophris
Species

See text

Synonyms

Diomedea (partim)

The mollymawks are a group of medium-sized

monophyletic taxon related to the sooty albatrosses, and they were placed in their own genus.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Thalassarche was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-browed albatross as the type species.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek thalassa meaning "sea" and arkhē meaning "power" or "command" (from arkhō, to govern).[3]

The word mollymawk, which dates to the late 17th century, comes from the Dutch mallemok, which means mal – foolish and mok – gull.[4] Another etymology suggests that it comes from the German Mallemugge, a term used originally for midges or flies that whirled about lights.[5]

Mollymawks are a type of albatross that belong to the family

mya.[1]

Species

Extant species

The genus contains nine species:[8]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Thalassarche chlororhynchos Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross Mid-Atlantic, including Tristan da Cunha (Inaccessible Island, Middle Island, Nightingale Island, Stoltenhoff Island) and Gough Island.
Thalassarche carteri Indian yellow-nosed albatross Prince Edward Islands, the Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Island, Amsterdam Island (on the Falaises d'Entrecasteaux) and St Paul Islands in the Indian Ocean, from South Africa to the Pacific Ocean just beyond New Zealand
Thalassarche bulleri Buller's albatross New Zealand
Thalassarche cauta Shy albatross Tasmania, Auckland Islands south of New Zealand
Thalassarche eremita Chatham albatross Chatham Islands
Thalassarche salvini Salvin's albatross Southern Ocean, Île des Pingouins in the Crozet Islands in the Indian Ocean
Thalassarche impavida Campbell albatross South Island and the Chatham Rise to the Ross Sea.
Thalassarche chrysostoma Grey-headed albatross South Georgia in the South Atlantic, and smaller colonies on Islas Diego Ramírez, Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, Marion Island, and Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, Campbell Island and Macquarie Island south of New Zealand, and Chile.
Thalassarche melanophris Black-browed albatross Atlantic Ocean, it breeds on the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and the Cape Horn Islands.

Fossils

Description

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) skeleton on display at the Museum of Osteology

Mollymawks have the largest range in size of all the albatross genera, as their wingspans are 180 to 256 cm (71–101 in).

gape to their ear that is shown during displays. They have distinctive bill structure and colouring which makes for easier identifying than other albatrosses.[9] The bills
of mollymawks are either brightly coloured orange or yellow, or dark with several bright yellow lines.

See also

References

  1. ^
    JSTOR 4088857
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  4. ^ "Mollymawk". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. ^ Newton, Alfred (1896). A dictionary of birds. London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 530.
  6. ISBN 0-671-65989-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  7. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0
    .
  8. Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Petrels, albatrosses"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  9. ^
    ISBN 0-7876-5784-0
    .

Further reading

External links

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