Wandering Albatross
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Wandering Albatross - Diomedea exulans
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Wandering albatrosses hold the record for the bird with the largest wingspan, with some individuals measuring 3.5 metres. They spend most of their life on the wing, returning to land only to court a mate and to breed.
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Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
The impressive wandering albatross has the largest recorded wingspan of any bird, reaching up to a massive 3.5 metres across. Juveniles have... More 31 Images 14 Videos ...
Wandering Albatross D. exulans
Antipodean Albatross D. (exulans) antipodensis
Amsterdam Albatross D. (exulans) amsterdamensis
Tristan Albatross D. (exulans) dabbenena
Northern Royal Albatross D. (epomorpha) sanfordi ...
Wandering Albatross face on. More species of Albatrosses and more individuals were seen on the winter trips. During the summer adults are busy with breeding and stick close to the breeding islands.
A Wandering albatross is hooked on a longline.
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The wandering albatross has a huge home range consisting of the 77 million square kilometres of the southern oceans. It can circle the world from the Tropics to Antarctica! ...
For the first time in recorded history an Antipodean wandering albatross chick has successfully bred on Pitt Island - the second largest island of the Chatham group - raising hopes of a future new colony there. (more) ...
The best known is the common or wandering albatross (D. exulans), which occurs in all parts of the Southern Ocean. It is the largest and strongest of all sea-birds. The length of the body is stated at 4 ft., and the weight at from 15 to 25 lb.
The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, made famous by Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, has a wingspread of from 10 to 12 ft (305-366 cm), although the wings are only about 9 in. (22.5 cm) wide.
Similar plumage to the Wandering Albatross although it is rare for Gibson's Albatross to get as white. Gibson's Albatross is also smaller than the Wandering Albatross, with males reaching up to 7.5kg and females reaching up to 5.5kg.
The Albatross is one of the largest Birds in the skies as the wingspan of the male Wandering Albatross can easily reach 3.5 meters or more in length, meaning that it has the largest wingspan of any Bird.
The wandering albatross is the biggest of some two dozen different species. Albatrosses use their formidable wingspans to ride the ocean winds and sometimes to glide for hours without rest or even a flap of their wings.
LONGEST WING SPANS
The birds with the longest wing spans are the marabou stork, a scavenger with a wing span of 8 -13 feet (2.4-4 m), the wandering albatross, whose wingspan is up to about 12.5-13 feet (3.8-4 m).
 See also: Petrel, Penguin, Gannet, Prion, Shearwater
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