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Thalassarche steadi

White-capped Albatross


Thalassarche steadi

Falla, 1933
Albatros Corona Blanca
Albatroz-arisco
Family: Diomedeidae
Order: Procellariiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Other common names: Albatros Corona Blanca ( De Nueva Zelanda ).




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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened


Description


Consider that records from field observations (except for specimens found dead) can be either Thalassarche cauta or T. steadi, as they are practically indistinguishable in field observations except for some adults of T. cauta. For more information, see Savigny and Carbajal (2015).

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Species photographs

Count: 36

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Photography ID: 528829
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/27/2016
Ramon Moller Jensen
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Photography ID: 304062
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/08/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
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Photography ID: 304061
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/08/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
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Photography ID: 303943
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/08/2018
Pablo Eguia



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Species records

Count: 35



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
174296902/04/2023ArgentinaOcéano Atlántico - Aguas argentinasMar ArgentinoPablo Eguia
156780303/04/2022ArgentinaOcéano Atlántico - Aguas argentinasMar Argentino: -38.152256, -56.844338Pablo Eguia
156740403/04/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresLocalidad Mar Argentino, Mar del Plata1Matias Petroccello
156693703/04/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresLocalidad Mar Argentino, Mar del Plata1Eugenia Boggiano
156663403/04/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Argentino1Diego Oscar
85414108/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos Aires25 millas al E de la costa, Mar del PlataVictor Hugo Michelini
85388808/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos Aires10 millas al E de la costa, Mar del PlataPablo Eguia
85265808/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos Aires40 km de la costa, Mar del PlataWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
85257708/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar del PlataJulian Uriel Collado
85194408/12/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Argentino, Mar del PlataSilvina Collado
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Related bibliography


Artículo Savigny C. y M. Carbajal. 2015. El Albatros Corona Blanca (Thalassarche steadi) (Falla, 1933) en la república Argentina. Primer registro confirmado por espécimen y notas sobre su distribución e identificación en el campo. Nótulas Faunísticas (Segunda Serie), 180.



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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 25/09/2026.