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Diomedea cauta Gould, 1841 Thalassarche cauta Family: Diomedeidae Order: Procellariiformes Back
Shy albatross Weißkappenalbatros Albatros à cape blanche Albatros frentiblanco
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) VU D2 CITES NL (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: partial intercontinental, ssp. eremita relatively sedentary

Diomedea cauta

Race cauta occurs commonly off S Australia and South Africa, but migratory strategy and route not well known; race salvini moves E to W coast of S America, where is common in zone of Humboldt Current; race eremita virtually sedentary, dispersing only to waters around Chatham Is; breeding adults of migratory races probably do not disperse far from nesting grounds. Records in N Hemisphere off Pacific coast of N America (Washington) and in N Red Sea (Elat, Israel).
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Antarctic, Oceania
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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