The Chatham Albatross, with the White-capped, Shy and Salvin's Albatrosses, were all considered the same species until a 1998 book by Robertson and Nunn.
The White-capped Albatross is part of a greater complex of Albatrosses consisting of the Shy Albatross, Thasassarche cauta, Salvin's Albatross, Thalassarche salvini, Chatham Albatross, Thalassarche eremita.
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