Diomedea

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Diomedea is a genus of large albatrosses, renowned oceanic seabirds known for their impressive wingspans and long-distance soaring over open seas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Diomedea canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
adaptation adapted for soaring over oceans ⓘ
breedingInterval typically biennial ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName great albatrosses ⓘ
large albatrosses ⓘ
conservationStatus several species threatened ⓘ
describedBy Linnaeus ⓘ
linked to: Carl Linnaeus
describedInYear 1758 ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
squid ⓘ
distribution Indian Ocean ⓘ
South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic

South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
eggNumber one egg per breeding attempt ⓘ
etymology named after Diomedes from Greek mythology ⓘ
family Diomedeidae ⓘ
flightStyle dynamic soaring ⓘ
foragingStrategy scavenging ⓘ
surface seizing ⓘ
habitat open ocean ⓘ
pelagic zone ⓘ
includesSpecies Diomedea amsterdamensis ⓘ
Diomedea dabbenena ⓘ
linked to: Diomedea exulans

Diomedea epomophora ⓘ
Diomedea exulans ⓘ
Diomedea sanfordi ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifespan long-lived seabirds ⓘ
lifestyle pelagic seabird ⓘ
migratoryBehavior highly migratory ⓘ
nestingSite remote oceanic islands ⓘ
notableFor large wingspan ⓘ
long-distance soaring ⓘ
order Procellariiformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Diomedeidae ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction colonial breeder ⓘ
sexualDimorphism present in size ⓘ
subfamily Diomedeinae ⓘ
linked to: Diomedeidae
taxonRank genus ⓘ
threat habitat degradation on breeding islands ⓘ
introduced predators on nesting islands ⓘ
longline fisheries bycatch ⓘ
typeSpecies Diomedea exulans ⓘ
wingMorphology very long narrow wings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diomedeidae → typeGenus → Diomedea ⓘ
Tristan albatross → genus → Diomedea ⓘ
Diomedea exulans → genus → Diomedea ⓘ