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White-capped Albatross

Thalassarche cauta

The Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita), also known as the Chatham mollymawk or Chatham Island mollymawk, is a medium-sized black-and-white albatross which breeds only on The Pyramid, a large rock stack in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta).

White-capped Albatross
Photo: Mjobling at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Overview

The Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita), also known as the Chatham mollymawk or Chatham Island mollymawk, is a medium-sized black-and-white albatross which breeds only on The Pyramid, a large rock stack in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta). It is the smallest of the shy albatross group.

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

TerrestrialMarine

Video

Behind the boat on a pelagic boat trip, East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. Most visible are Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) and Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta).Credit: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 3.0Source ↗

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References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
  3. Wikipedia — Chatham albatross Wikipedia

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