| Shy Albatross | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Aequorlitornithes |
| Clade: | Ardeae |
| Clade: | Aequornithes |
| Clade: | Austrodyptornithes |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Diomedeidae |
| Genus: | Thalassarche |
| Species: | T. cauta |
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| Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841)[2] | |
Over pelagic waters off the south east coast of Tasmania
The Shy Albatross or Shy Mollymawk, Thalassarche cauta, is a medium sized albatross that breeds off Australia and New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands and ranges extensively across the Southern Ocean. Some authorities call this species the White-capped Albatross.[3]
Other names[]
White-capped Albatross, Mollymauk[4].
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References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2008). Thalassarche cauta. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 Feb 2009.
- ^ Brands, Sheila (Aug 14 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Diomedea subg. Thalassogeron -". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 18 Feb 2009. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ^ Remsen Jr., J. V.; et al. (28 Feb 2008). "Proposal (#255) to South American Classification Committee : Follow-up to Proposal 155: Split Thalassarche cauta into three species". South American Classification Committee. American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 Feb 2009. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthors=(help) - ^ Terres, John K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394466519.
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