Text extracted from Gill B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edition. Wellington, Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Pages 64 & 77-78. Order PROCELLARIIFORMES: Albatrosses, Petrels, Prions and Shearwaters Checklist Committee (1990) recognised three families within the Procellariiformes, however, four families are recognised here, with the reinstatement of Pelecanoididae, following many other recent authorities (e.g. Marchant & Higgins 1990, del Hoyo et al. 1992, Viot et al. 1993, Warham 1996: 484, Nunn & Stanley 1998, Dickinson 2003, Brooke 2004, Onley & Scofield 2007). The relationships of the families within the Procellariiformes are debated (e.g. Sibley & Alquist 1990, Christidis & Boles 1994, Nunn & Stanley 1998, Livezey & Zusi 2001, Kennedy & Page 2002, Rheindt & Austin 2005), so a traditional arrangement (Jouanin & Mougin 1979, Marchant & Higgins 1990, Warham 1990, del Hoyo et al. 1992, Warham 1996: 505, Dickinson 2003, Brooke 2004) has been adopted. The taxonomic recommendations (based on molecular analysis) on the Procellariiformes of Penhallurick & Wink (2004) have been heavily criticised (Rheindt & Austin 2005) and have seldom been followed here. Family DIOMEDEIDAE G.R. Gray: Albatrosses Diomedeidae G.R. Gray, 1840: List Gen. Birds (1st edition): 78 – Type genus Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758. Albatross genera follow recommendations by Nunn et al. (1996) and Robertson & Nunn (1998), which have been adopted widely, e.g. Holdaway et al. (2001), Shirihai (2002), Dickinson (2003), Brooke (2004), Onley & Scofield (2007). The arrangement of species used here follows the traditional order of Jouanin & Mougin (1979), except that the species within Thalassarche follow Robertson & Nunn (1998) to better reflect relationships. Common names used here mainly follow Tickell (2000). Genus Phoebetria Reichenbach Phoebetria Reichenbach, 1853: Avium Syst. Nat.: 5 – Type species (by original designation) Diomedea fuliginosa Gmelin = Phoebetria palpebrata (J.R. Forster). Phoebetria palpebrata (J.R. Forster) Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Diomedea palpebrata J.R. Forster, 1785: Mém. Math. Phys. Paris (Acad. Sci.) 10: 571, pl. 15 – 64 o S, 38 o E = Indian Ocean, south of Prince Edward and Marion Islands (fide Mathews 1927, Syst. Avium Australasianarum 1: 133). Diomedea fuliginosa Gmelin, 1789: Syst. Nat., 13th edition 1(2): 568. Unnecessary nomen novum for Diomedea palpebrata J.R. Forster, 1785 (fide Medway 1998, in G. Robertson & Gales (eds), Albatross Biology and Conservation: 10). Diomedea antarctica G.R. Gray, 1844: Gen. Birds 3: 650. Unnecessary nomen novum for Diomedea palpebrata J.R. Forster, 1785. Diomedea fuliginosa var. cornicoides Hutton, 1867: Ibis 3 (n. ser.): 186, 192 – at sea, south Atlantic Ocean, south Indian Ocean and Tasman Sea, between 36 o 28' S, 2 o 18' E and 37 o 26' S, 163 o 54' E. Diomedea (Phoebetria) fuliginosa Gmelin; G.R. Gray 1871, Hand-list Birds 3: 109. Diomedea fuliginosa Gmelin; Buller 1888, History of the Birds of N.Z., 2nd edition 2: 205. Phoebetria cornicoides (Hutton); Ogilvie-Grant 1905, Ibis 5 (8th ser.): 560. Phoebetria fuliginosa (Gmelin); Buller 1905, Suppl. Birds N.Z. 1: 155. Phoebetria palpebrata huttoni Mathews, 1912: Birds Australia 2: 297 – New Zealand seas. Phoebetria palpebrata antarctica Mathews, 1912: Birds Australia 2: 302 – South Georgia. Junior secondary homonym of Diomedea antarctica G.R. Gray, 1844. Phoebetria palpebrata palpebrata (J.R. Forster); Mathews 1912, Birds Australia 2: 303. Phoebetria palpebrata auduboni Nichols & Murphy, 1914: Auk 31: 531 – “mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon”, error for south Pacific Ocean (fide Mathews 1934, Novit. Zool. 39(2): 158). Phoebetria palpebrata murphyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921: Man. Birds of Australia: 50. Unnecessary nomen novum for Phoebetria palpebrata antarctica Mathews, 1912. Phoebetria palpebrata (J.R. Forster); Checklist Committee 1953, Checklist N.Z. Birds: 18. Breeds at South Georgia, Marion, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Campbell / Motu Ihupuku, Auckland and Antipodes Islands (Marchant & Higgins 1990). Circumpolar, ranging mainly between 35°S and the coasts of Antarctica but occasionally north to 20°S (Lovegrove 1978, Marchant & Higgins 1990, Robertson & Weimerskirch 1993, Weimerskirch & Robertson 1994); has straggled north of the equator (Morlan 1994, Mlodinow 1999). Occasionally beach-wrecked on mainland New Zealand (Powlesland 1985), including one banded juvenile from the Crozet Islands (Barrat et al. 1973). Recorded as a Holocene fossil on Chatham Island (Millener 1991, 1999). .