Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Diomedea epomophora
Albatros real, Southern Royal Albatross
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Diomedeidae
Genus
Diomedea
Species
epomophora
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Fleming (1950) an albatross seen off Pinta Island, reported that the species was very abundant in Española.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Harris, M.P., Sevilla, C., Huyvaert, K.P. (2016) LONGEVITY RECORDS FOR THE WAVED ALBATROSS Phoebastria irrorata Marine Ornithology: 40: 133-134.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Diomedea epomophora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5078. Accessed 31 October 2026.