Everything about The Mollymawk totally explained
The
mollymawks are a group of medium sized
albatrosses that form the
genus Thalassarche. The name has sometimes been used for the
genus Phoebetria as well, but these are correctly called
sooty albatrosses. They are restricted to the
Southern Hemisphere, where they're the most common of the albatrosses. They were long considered to be in the same genus as the
great albatrosses,
Diomedea, but a study of their
mitochondrial DNA showed that they're a
monophyletic taxon related to the
sooty albatrosses, and they were placed in their own genus.
Mollymawks have what has been described as
gull-like
plumage, with dark black backs, mantle and tails and lighter heads, underwings and bellies. The heads of several species are often slightly darker grey, or have dark around the eyes. The
bills of mollymawks are either brightly coloured orange or yellow, or dark with several bright yellow lines.
The name
mollymawk was coined in the 17th century from the German rendering of the Dutch
Mallemugge, which meant
mal - follish and
mok - gull.
Genus Thalassarche - mollymawks
The
fossil species
Thalassarche thyridata known from a skull fragment from the Late
Miocene of
Victoria, Australia shows that the genus had already diverged from the sooty albatrosses 10
mya.
near
South Georgia gains its name from them.
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