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The Wandering Albatross (*Diomedea exulans*) is a species of bird belonging to the family Diomedeidae within the order Procellariiformes. Classified under the class Aves and phylum Chordata, the taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and holds an accepted status. It is a marine organism with a recorded wingspan of 3 and a mass of 484.
The species has a range that includes Brazil, South America, and Africa. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Vulnerable, a designation recorded in 2018. Reproductive characteristics include a litter size of 1 and an egg incubation period of 78.
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Species
Vulnerablewandering albatross
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyDiomedeidae
Maximum longevity: 40 years (wild) Observations: These animals have been estimated to live up to 40 years in the wild (http://www.demogr.mpg.de/longevityrecords), though detailed studies are lacking.
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- သမုဒ္ဒရာစင်ယော်ကြီး
- wingspan
- 3
- litter size
- 1
- egg incubation period
- 78
- taxon range
- Africa
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- D. exulans
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Encyclopedic overview
The snowy albatross (Diomedea exulans), also known as the wandering albatross, white-winged albatross, or goonie, is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae; they have a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. It is the largest species of albatross and was long considered to be the same species as the Tristan albatross and the Antipodean albatross. Together with the Amsterdam albatross, it forms the wandering albatross species complex, which some began referring to more recently as "snowy".
The snowy albatross is one of the two largest members of the genus Diomedea (the great albatrosses), being similar in size to the southern royal albatross. It has the greatest known wingspan of any living bird and is also one of the most far-ranging birds. Some individual snowy albatrosses are known to circumnavigate the Southern Ocean three times in one year, covering more than 120,000 km (75,000 mi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wandering Albatross” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.