Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Thalassarche cauta

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Bloubekalbatros (-malmok) (Nieu-Seelandse), Nieu-Seelandse Bloubekalbatros (-malmok)
Arabic: قطرس خجول (steadi)
Bulgarian: Белоглав албатрос (ssp. steadi)
Catalan: Albatros de Stead, albatros tímid (steadi)
Czech: albatros šelfový (ssp. steadi)
Danish: Hvidkronet Albatros (ssp. steadi)
German: Aucklandalbatros, Tasmanalbatros (steadi), Weißkappenalbatros, Weißkappen-Albatros
Greek: Δειλό Άλμπατρος (steadi)
English: Aukland Shy Albatross, Shy Albatross (steadi), White-capped Albatross, White-capped Albatross (steadi), White-capped Mollymawk
English (Australia): Shy Albatross (White-capped)
[ENAV]: White-capped Albatross (steadi)
English, HBW: White-capped Albatross
English (IOC): Shy Albatross (steadi)
English (Kenya): Shy Albatross (steadi)
English (New Zealand): Shy Mollymawk (steadi)
English (United States): White-capped Albatross (steadi)
English (South Africa): Shy Albatross (White-capped)
Esperanto: Blankakrona albatroso
Spanish: Albatros capiblanco, Albatros Cauto (steadi)
Spanish (Argentine): Albatros Corona Blanca (steadi)
Spanish (Chile): Albatros de frente blanca (steadi)
Spanish (Spain): Albatros Cauto (steadi)
Spanish (Uruguay): Albatros Corona Blanca (Subesp. steadi)
Estonian: aucklandi pagualbatross, motumaha pagualbatross, pagualbatross (ssp. steadi)
Finnish: isoalbatrossi (steadi)
French: Albatros à cape blanche, Albatros à cape blanche (steadi), Albatros à tête blanche, Albatros de Stead
French (Guyane): Albatros à cape blanche (steadi)
Hebrew: אלבטרוס לבן-כיפה (steadi)
Croatian: plahi albatros (steadi)
Icelandic: Roktrosi (steadi)
Japanese (romaji): hajiroahoudori (steadi)
Japanese: ハジロアホウドリ (steadi), ハジロアホウドリ（steadi）
Scientific: Diomedea cauta steadi, Diomedea steadi, Thalassarche cauta steadi, Thalassarche steadi
Lithuanian: Baltakepuris albatrosas (steadi)
Dutch: (Westelijke) witkruinalbatros, Aucklandalbatros, Nieuw-Zeelandse Witkapalbatros
Norwegian: svartflekkalbatross (steadi)
Polish: albatros szarodzioby (steadi), Albatros zmienny
Portuguese (Brazil): albatroz-arisco (steadi)
Portuguese (Portugal): albatroz-arisco (steadi)
Romanian: Albatros tasmanian (steadi)
Russian: Белошапочный альбатрос (steadi)
Slovak: albatros čiapočkatý, albatros čiapočkatý (skup.)
Slovenian: Plahi albatros (steadi)
Serbian: Belokapi albatros (steadi)
Swedish: gråkindad albatross (steadi)
Turkish: Mahçup albatros (steadi)
Ukrainian: Альбатрос сірощокий (підвид steadi)
Zulu: unozulanyanomqhelomhlophe (steadi)