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Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841)
Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta, breeds in the Southern Ocean around Tasmania and the Auckland Islands south of New Zealand, and ranges through the southern Indian and Pacific oceans when not breeding. It is an albatross in the family Diomedeidae and the order Procellariiformes, first described by Gould in 1841. Some authorities use the name white-capped albatross for it, although that name is more often used for Thalassarche cauta steadi. It is also called the shy mollymawk.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Diomedeidae — Albatrosses
- Breeding range
- Southern Ocean: Tasmania and Auckland Is. (s of South I., New Zealand)
- Nonbreeding range
- s Indian and Pacific oceans
