After Olson, 1975, 1985, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, Feduccia, 1996, Olson & Rasmussen, 2001, Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Diomedeidae [Diomedaedae] (Albatrosses; albatrossit) |--o †Plotornis | |-- †P. delfortrii | `-- †P. arvernensis |--o Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853 [Diomedea] (pohjanalbatrossit) | |?- †P. californica (Miller, L., 1962) [Diomedea californica Miller, L., 1962] | |-- †P. anglica (Lydekker, 1891) [Diomedea anglica Lydekker, 1891] | |-- †P. rexsularum Olson & Rasmussen, 2001 | |-- P. irrorata (Salvin, 1883)[Diomedea irrorata] (galapagosinalbatrossi) | |--+-- †P. sp. aff. P. albatrus [Diomedea howardae Chandler, 1990] | | `-- P. albatrus (Pallas, 1769) [Diomedea albatrus] (japaninalbatrossi) | |--+-- †P. sp. aff. P. nigripes | | `-- P. nigripes (Audubon, 1839) [Diomedea. nigripes] (mustajalka-albatrossi) | `--+-- †P. sp. aff. P. immutabilis | `-- P. immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893) [Diomedea immutabilis] (havaijinalbatrossi) |--o Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758 (etelänalbatrossit) | |?- †D. milleri Howard, 1966 [nomen dubium] | |-- †D. thyridata | |-- †D. sp.1 | |-- †D. sp.2 | |-- †D. sp.3 | |-- †D. sp.4 | |?- D. chionoptera (Macquaire Islands albatross; macquairesaartenalbatrossi) | `--+-- D. amsterdamensis Roux, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskirch, 1983 (amsterdamsaartenalbatrossi) | |-- D. antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992 [D. exulans antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992] | |-- D. dabbenena Mathews, 1929 | |-- D. epomophora Lesson, 1825 (kuningasalbatrossi) | |--o D. exulans Linnaeus, 1758 (jättiläisalbatrossi) | | |-- D. e. exulans Linnaeus, 1758 | | `-- D. e. gibsoni Robertson & Warham, 1992 | `-- D. sanfordi Murphy, 1917 |--o Thalassarche Reichenbach, 1853 [Diomedea] | |-- T. impavida Mathews, 1912 | |-- T. chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789) [Diomedea chlororhynchos] (hoikka-albatrossi) | |-- T. bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) [Diomedea bulleri] (New Zealand albatross; uudenseelanninalbatrossi) | |--o T. cauta (Gould, 1841) [Diomedea cauta] [incl. T. steadi; T. eremita] (isoalbatrossi) | | |-- T. c. cauta (Gould, 1841) (Shy Albatross) | | `-- T. c. steadi Falla 1933 | |-- T. eremita Murphy, 1930 [T. cauta eremita] (Chatham Islands Albatross) | |-- T. salvini (Rothschild, 1893) [T. cauta salvini] (Grey-backed Albatross) | |-- T. chrysostoma (J.R. Forster, 1785) [Diomedea chrysostoma] (harmaapääalbatrossi) | |-- T. chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789) | |-- T. carteri (Rothschild, 1903) | |--o T. bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) | | |-- T. b. bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) | | `-- T. b. platei (Reichenow, 1898) | `-- T. melanophris (Temminck, 1828) [T. melanophrys] (mustakulma-albatrossi) `--o Phoebetria Reichenbach, 1853 (nokialbatrossit) |-- P. fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) (nokialbatrossi) `-- P. palpebrata J.R. Forster, 1785) (etelännokialbatrossi)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1997: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420 - Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
–New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187 - Olson, S. L., 1975: Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Baleobiology: Vol. 23, pp. iv-49 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Olson, S. L. & Rasmussen, P. D., 2001: Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. 233-365
in Ray, C. E. & Bohaska, D. J., (eds.) 2001: Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: Nr. 90, iii-365 - Peterson, A. P., 2002-2004: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2004-12-24)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2005-01-21] - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.