Shy Albatross

Shy Albatross
	File:Shy Albatross.png
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Clade:	Ardeae
Clade:	Aequornithes
Clade:	Austrodyptornithes
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Diomedeidae
Genus:	Thalassarche
Species:	T. cauta
Binomial name
	Thalassarche cauta; (Gould, 1841)

File:Thalassarche cauta in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg

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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Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Procellariiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each tubenose, including made-up species.

Thalassarche cauta portrait - SE Tasmania

This article is part of Project Diomedeidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each albatross, including made-up species.

[IUCN-1] BirdLife International (2008). Thalassarche cauta. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 Feb 2009.

[Brands-2] 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)

[REM-3] 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)

[Encyclopedia-4] Terres, John K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394466519.

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