WoRMS name details
Diomedea cauta Gould, 1841
212585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212585)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
- Subspecies Diomedea cauta cauta Gould, 1841 accepted as Thalassarche cauta cauta (Gould, 1841) (synonym)
- Subspecies Diomedea cauta eremita (Murphy, 1930) accepted as Thalassarche salvini eremita Murphy, 1930 (synonym)
- Subspecies Diomedea cauta salvini (Rothschild, 1893) accepted as Thalassarche salvini salvini (Rothschild, 1893) (synonym)
- Subspecies Diomedea cauta steadi (Falla, 1933) accepted as Thalassarche cauta steadi Falla, 1933 accepted as Thalassarche steadi Falla, 1933 (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 89-99 cm; wingspan: 198-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and body white, with a grey nape, mantle, cheeks and pale grey...
Description Length: 89-99 cm; wingspan: 198-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and body white, with a grey nape, mantle, cheeks and pale grey collar; wing black above with narrow leading and trailing edges to under-wing and a small black patch on the under-side where the leading edge of the wing joins the body; tail grey. Bill orange-pink to greyish-grey but always with an orange tip; immature: similar to adult except bill grey with a nearly black tip. Habitat: open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Diomedea cauta Gould, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212585 on 2025-04-04
Date
action
by
1998-06-30 09:05:00Z
created
Depew, Lorna
1998-08-28 07:21:49Z
changed
Depew, Lorna
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 89-99 cm; wingspan: 198-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and body white, with a grey nape, mantle, cheeks and pale grey collar; wing black above with narrow leading and trailing edges to under-wing and a small black patch on the under-side where the leading edge of the wing joins the body; tail grey. Bill orange-pink to greyish-grey but always with an orange tip; immature: similar to adult except bill grey with a nearly black tip. Habitat: open ocean. <388><391><393> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whitecapped albatrossshy albatross | [details] |
