Thalassarche cauta, Shy albatross
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Thalassarche cauta   (Gould, 1841)

Shy albatross
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Thalassarche cauta

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Southern Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 99.0 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934); max. published weight: 4.0 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 12.8 cm; tarsus: 9.34 cm; wing: 56.32 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Fatalities are from long-line fishing of up to 10,000 birds per year (Ref. 84934). Scavenging; surface seizing; oceanic (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lepage, D. 2007 Avibase -the World Bird Database. http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp [accessed 09/07/2007]. (Ref. 7816)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Near Threatened (NT) (A3ce); Date assessed: 21 March 2022

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.2 - 15.9, mean 11.3 (based on 231 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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