White-capped Albatross © Jon Irvine

© 2006 Martyn Price (Last update: 04/10/2006)		Oceans off southern Australia.

Thalassarche cauta has been split into Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) and White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi) following Robertson and Nunn (1998), ACAP (2006).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Slightly smaller Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) which has a darker face and more yellow on the culmen of the bill, Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini) and Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita) have darker grey heads and lack the white cap.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


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