Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Procellariiformes Fürbringer, 1888
         Family Diomedeidae Gray, 1840 - albatrosses
           Genus Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758
             Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825 - royal albatross
               1 Diomedea epomophora sanfordi Murphy, 1917
               2 Diomedea epomophora epomophora Lesson, 1825