Albatros (Albatrosses)
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
- tidak umum
- 56 km/h
- Hampir terancam
Dark wanderer of the Pacific. Rides typhoon winds like a seasoned surfer.
- Populasi
- ~129,000 mature individuals (~64,500 breeding pairs), declined roughly 60% over 56 years (three generations)
- Habitat
- Breeds colonially on low, exposed sandy/tropical oceanic islands; otherwise entirely pelagic, foraging over open North Pacific ocean waters
- Fakta menarik
- Black-footed Albatrosses form lifelong pair bonds and can locate squid and fish eggs across vast stretches of open ocean using an unusually keen sense of smell.
- Sebaran
- North Pacific Ocean; ~97.5% of the population breeds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (with smaller colonies off Japan and Mexico), foraging at sea from Alaska to California and Japan — one of only three albatross species regularly found in the Northern Hemisphere
- Makanan
- Squid, flying-fish eggs, fish, fish offal, and to a lesser extent crustaceans, located largely via smell; also scavenges floating debris including plastic
- Ukuran
- 0,71 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,03 m
- Masa hidup
- 36 tahun
