White-capped albatross

This mollymawk was once considered to be the same species as the Salvin's Albatross, Thalassarche salvini and the Chatham Albatross, Thalassarche eremita, but they were split around 2004. In 1998, Robertson and Nunn, suggested a four-way split including the White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche steadi. Finally, following Brooke, this species was shifted from Diomedea to Thalassarche, which was generally agreed upon by most experts.

The White-capped albatross is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

mortality on Shy and White-capped Albatrosses: conservation implications". Biological Conservation (137): 319–333. * BirdLife International (PDF) Tracking ocean wanderers the global distribution of albatrosses and petrels. Global Procellariiform Tracking Workshop, 1–5 September, 2003, Gordon’s Bay, South Africa. Cambridge, U.K.: BirdLife International. 2004. ISBN 0-946888-55-8. http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/seabirds/tracking_ocean_wanderers.pdf. * BirdLife International (2008). Thalassarche cauta. More

The White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche steadi, is a mollymawk that breeds on the islands off of New Zealand. Not all experts agree that this form should be recognized as a separate species to the Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta. It is a medium sized black, slate grey, and white albatross and is the largest of the mollymawks. More

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White-capped albatross in flight White-capped albatross in flightPrint factsheet Facts - Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Procellariiformes Family Diomedeidae Genus Thalassarche (1) Status - Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on More

Photo Wanted The White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche steadi, is a mollymawk that breeds on the islands off of New Zealand. It is a species that not all experts agree should have been split off of Thalassarche cauta. It is a medium sized black, slate grey, and white albatross. Description The White-capped Albatross averages 90–99 cm (35–39 in) in length, with a wingspan of 220–256 cm (87–100 in). More

For the purposes of our bird news services, White-capped Albatross is classed as ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance. More

and White-capped Albatrosses are found in southern African and South American waters. In the breeding season the Shy Albatross breeds only in Australia, with nesting colonies on Albatross Island of the northwest tip of Tasmania, and on two rocky islands, the Mewstone and Pedra Branca, off its south coast (Croxall and Gales 1998, Trounson and Trounson 1989). Once breeding age is attained, Shy Albatross ranges less widely than do young birds (Brothers et al. 1987, Croxall and Gales 1998). More

Justification The population trend of White-capped Albatross is poorly known. It is categorised as Near Threatened because, given its longevity and slow productivity, and a high rate of mortality recorded in longline and trawl fisheries, it may be declining at a moderately rapid rate. More

white-capped albatross of Albatross Island: numbers and breeding behaviour. Emu 75(1) . 1-11 Russ, R. and Shirihai, H. (2000) The birds, marine mammals, habitat and history of the subantarctic islands off New Zealand. Alula 3(6): 82-147. Tickell, W. L. N. (2000) Albatrosses. Yale University Press. - Copyright More

White-capped Albatross, often considered to be a subspecies of Shy Albatross, breeds only on 3 islands in the Auckland Islands and one island in the Antipodes. Above photos taken off Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005 Albatrosses are completely at home in gale force winds and this bird nonchalantly soared past the cliffs of Acker's Point calmly preening its breast. More