Shy Albatross and White-capped Albatross are morphologically virtually identical and are indistinguishable in the field. Since both commonly occur in Australian waters it is not safe to attribute any birds seen there to either species and are thus termed by the catch-all of "Shy-type" here.
They are one of the largest Mollymawks, as albatrosses in the genus Thalassarche are sometimes called, with a wingspan of around 2.5m (8ft 4in).
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