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White-capped Albatross

Thalassarche cauta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 10, February 11, March 18, April 19, May 7, June 11, July 10, August 11, September 7, October 34, November 27, December 14.
Australia179
New Zealand74
Victoria73
Tasmania43
New South Wales36
Southland Region23
South Australia20
South Africa19
Canterbury Region17
Wellington Region14

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderTubenoses · Procellariiformes
FamilyAlbatrosses · Diomedeidae
GenusMollymawks · Thalassarche

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