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Thalassarche cauta steadi
Thalassarche cauta steadi
White-capped Albatross
Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 6666 6666 0914 0216 (2014-09-16)

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  • date of photo  Jan 25, 2012
  • location   Tasman Sea, South Island (New Zealand)
  • notes   The White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche steadi, is a mollymawk that breeds on the islands off of New Zealand. Mollymawks are a type of Albatross that belong to Diomedeidae family and come from the Procellariiformes order, along with Shearwaters, Fulmars, Storm-petrels, and Diving-petrels. They share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns.
  • CalAcademy slide #   120125 _D338303
  • photo category: Animal - Bird
  • original filename: 120125 _D338303.jpg

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  • common names   White-capped Albatross, Shy Albatross (photographer)
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