Albatrosses

Shy Albatross

Thalassarche cauta

The Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) is a 3.9 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Albatrosses

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

3.9 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands.

Where to see it: Kaikoura · offshore · Albatross Encounter pelagic (general) (New Zealand); Mare aux Eléphants et Base Martin de Viviès (accès restreint) (French Southern and Antarctic Lands); Nightingale Island (restricted access) (Saint Helena); Auto selected (High seas or unknown); Miranda · main hide/Limeworks (New Zealand).

Photo: (c) William Harland, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist