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Changing
Albatross Taxonomy:
Recent and controversial research on albatross taxonomy, based
on genetic analysis and embracing the phylogenetic species concept
(p.13), has suggested that there are ten unrecognized species
of albatross in the world. These tentative ‘new’ species
are currently classified as subspecies, but should they be recognized
as full species, the global albatross species total would rise
to from 14 to 24. In the seabird seasonality table, the proposed
‘new’ species that can be distinguished at sea are
treated separately should they be split in the future, such
as the chlororhynchus subspecies of Yellow-nosed Albatross,
shown here.
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