Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Ciconii see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
               Infraorder Ciconiides see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
                 Parvorder Ciconiida see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
                   Superfamily Procellarioidea Fürbringer, 1888
                     Family Procellariidae Leach, 1820 - petrels, shearwaters
                       Subfamily Diomedeinae see Family Diomedeidae Gray, 1840
                         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 melanophris Temminck, 1828, orth. oblit. - black-browed albatross see Thalassarche melanophrys (Temminck, 1828)
                           09 Diomedea cauta Gould, 1840[1841] - shy albatross see Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841)
                           10 Diomedea chrysostoma J.R. Forster, 1785 - grey-headed albatross see Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, 1785)
                           11 Diomedea chlororhynchos J.F. Gmelin, 1789 - yellow-nosed albatross see Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789)
                           12 Diomedea bulleri Rothschild, 1893 - Buller's albatross see Thalassarche bulleri (Rothschild, 1893)