Thalassarche
| Mollymawk | |
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| Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: |
Thalassarche L. Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Species | |
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Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
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| Synonyms | |
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Diomedea (partim) |
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Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Indian yellow-nosed albatross
Thalassarche bulleri
Buller's albatross
Thalassarche cauta
Shy albatross
Thalassarche steadi
White-capped albatross
Thalassarche eremita
Chatham albatross
Thalassarche salvini
Salvin's albatross
Thalassarche impavida
Campbell albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma
Grey-headed albatross
Thalassarche melanophrys
Black-browed albatross
†Thalassarche thyridata
Diomedea (partim)
The mollymawks are a group of medium-sized albatrosses that form the genus Thalassarche. The name has sometimes been used for the genus Phoebetria as well, but these are usually called sooty albatrosses. They are restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, where they are the most common of the albatrosses. They were long considered to be in the same genus as the great albatrosses, Diomedea, but a study of their showed that they are a monophyletic taxon related to the sooty albatrosses, and they were placed in their own genus.
The word mollymawk, which dates to the late 17th century, comes from the Dutch mallemok, which means mal – foolish and mok – gull.
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