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White-capped Albatross* |
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Thalassarche steadi |
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Description (10)
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White-capped Albatross
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Family
Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)
Size
90 - 100 cm
Wingspan: 212 - 256 cm
First Described (Guide)
Falla, 1933
Derivation
Thalassarche - Gk, thalassa, sea; ?: steadi - ?
Habitat
Pelagic. Subantarctic grassland, sea-cliffs, rocky offshore islands.
Australia (NB), Namibia (NB), New Zealand (B), South Africa (NB), Southeast Atlantic (NB), Western Indian Ocean (NB).
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 499,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Longline fishing, interference from introduced pigs and feral cats are the main threas.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Fish, cephalopods, crustaceans, tunicates, offal. Generally a surface feeder, but may undertake shallow surface dives.
Nest
In colonies.
Subspecies
Diomedea cauta (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into cauta, eremita and salvini following Brooke (2004) and steadi following ACAP (2006) and all placed in the genus Thalassarche (Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta), Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita), Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini), White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi)).
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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