Species profile—Thalassarche cauta (shy albatross)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Diomedeidae (albatrosses) → Thalassarche cauta (shy albatross)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
- Scientific name
- Thalassarche cauta Gould, 1841
- Common name
- shy albatross
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1251
- Synonym(s)
- Diomedea cauta
- Alternate name(s)
- white-capped albatross
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1251.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
