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Encyclopedia: Wandering Albatross

The Wandering Albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird, with the average wingspan being 3.1 meters (10.2 feet). The longest-winged examples verified have been about 3.7 m (12 feet), but probably erroneous reports of as much as 5.3 m (17.5 feet) are known. The length of the body is about 1.35 m (4.4 feet) with females being slightly smaller than males, and they weigh typically from 6 to 12 kg (13-26 lb). Immature birds have been recorded weighing as much as 16.1 kg (35 lb) during their first flights. The plumage varies with age, but adults have white bodies with black and white wings. Males have whiter wings than females with just the tips and trailing edges of the wings black. They also show a faint peach spot on the side of the head. The Wandering Albatross is the whitest of the Wandering Albatross species complex, the other species having a great deal more brown and black on the wings and body as breeding adults, very closely resembling immature Wandering Albatrosses. The large bill is pink, as are the feet.

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How to say "Wandering Albatross" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	ワタリアホウドリ
	(German)	Wanderalbatros
	(Spanish)	Diomedea exulans
	(French)	Albatros hurleur
	(Italian)	Diomedea exulans

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Shag rocks

on the islands are the eponymous shags, prions and wandering albatrosses. The Shag Rocks were...

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1 E0 m

wingspan for living birds (a Wandering Albatross). 4.80 - 5.50 m -- height of a giraffe 7.5m...

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Black-browed Albatross

Black-browed Albatross Status: Endangered Larger picture Scientific classification...) The Black-browed Albatross ( Thalassarche melanophris ) is a large seabird of the albatross family... albatross. The subspecies T. m. melanophris breeds in the Cape Horn area, the Falkland Islands and...

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Argentavis

the largest wingspan is the Wandering Albatross ( Diomedea exulans ), and it reaches 3.5 m. Since A...

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Flight

, the wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan, up to 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), and the trumpeter...

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Albatross

Wandering Albatross D. exulans Amsterdam Albatross D. amsterdamensis Mollymawks ( Thalassarche... Albatross Status: Endangered Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia... Diomedea Thallasarche Phoebastria Phoebetria The albatrosses (from Portuguese Alcatraz , a pelican...

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Crozet Islands

Islands include seals, Southern Elephant Seals, petrels, and albatross, including the Wandering Albatross. The Crozet Islands are a nature reserve since 1938. Introduction of foreign species (mice, rats... and the monitoring of the Albatross population. The waters of the Crozet Islands are patrolled not...

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Tristan da Cunha

nesting place of Wandering Albatrosses. Population There are around 300 inhabitants, all carrying one of...

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Bird

) while others spend almost all their time at sea (e.g. the Wandering Albatross). Common characteristics... Podicipediformes, grebes Procellariiformes, albatrosses, petrels, and allies Pelecaniformes, pelicans and allies...

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List of New Zealand birds

Endangered Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Toroa (Albatross) Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Gray-headed Albatross... Maori name is the common name. In other cases (fantail, albatross, Black-backed Gull, bellbird...

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