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The shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta, formerly Diomedea cauta), also known as shy mollymawk, is a medium-sized albatross that breeds on three remote islands off the coast of Tasmania, Australia, in the southern Indian Ocean. Its lifespan is about 60 years, and it has been seen as far afield as South Africa and the Pacific coast of the United ...
Mollymawks have the largest range in size of all the albatross genera, as their wingspans are 180 to 256 cm (71–101 in). [9] Mollymawks have what has been described as gull -like plumage , with dark black backs, mantle and tails and lighter heads, underwings and bellies.
Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) courtship ritual. Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis NT; ... Shy albatross, Thalassarche cauta NT; Chatham albatross, ...
Recorded breeding seabirds include fairy prion (20,000 pairs), silver gull, black-faced cormorant and shy albatross (7,500 pairs). Mewstone is the largest of only three shy albatross breeding colonies in the world, the other two being Albatross Island and Pedra Branca. [1] Australian fur seals haul-out on small ledges.
The Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita), also known as the Chatham mollymawk or Chatham Island mollymawk, [4] is a medium-sized black-and-white albatross which breeds only on The Pyramid, a large rock stack in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the shy albatross Thalassarche cauta. It is the ...
Wisdom, the legendary Laysan albatross or mōlī, stands at center over her recently laid egg with other seabirds around the ground nest on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Nov. 27, 2024.
The laysan albatross averages 32 in in length and has a wingspan of 77–80 in. They have the largest wingspan of any bird. The Laysan albatross feeds predominantly on cephalopods, but also eats ...
Shy albatross; W. White-capped albatross This page was last edited on 15 September 2015, at 14:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...