Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Procellariiformes Fürbringer, 1888
           Family Diomedeidae Gray, 1840 - albatrosses
             Genus Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758
               01 Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 - wandering albatross
               02 Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux et al., 1983 - Amsterdam Island albatross see Diomedea exulans amsterdamensis Roux, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskirch, 1983
               03 Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825 - royal albatross
               04 Diomedea irrorata Salvin, 1883 - waved albatross see Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883)
               05 Diomedea albatrus Pallas, 1769 - short-tailed albatross see Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769)
               06 Diomedea nigripes Audubon, 1839 - black-footed albatross see Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1839)
               07 Diomedea immutabilis Rothschild, 1893 - Laysan albatross see Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893)
               08 Diomedea melanophrys Temminck, 1828, orth. protect. see Thalassarche melanophrys (Temminck, 1828)
               09 Diomedea bulleri Rothschild, 1893 - Buller's albatross see Thalassarche bulleri (Rothschild, 1893)
               10 Diomedea cauta Gould, 1840[1841] - shy albatross see Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841)
               11 Diomedea chlororhynchos J.F. Gmelin, 1789 - yellow-nosed albatross see Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789)
               12 Diomedea chrysostoma J.R. Forster, 1785 - grey-headed albatross see Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, 1785)