Albatros (Albatrosses)
Grey-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma
- langka
- 127 km/h
- Terancam punah
Holds the record for fastest level flight ever measured in any bird species.
- Populasi
- ~250,000 mature individuals (~98,600 breeding pairs annually), decreasing
- Habitat
- Breeds on steep, tussock-grass-covered slopes and cliffs of subantarctic islands; forages over oceanic and neritic pelagic waters, largely within or south of the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone
- Fakta menarik
- Grey-headed Albatross chicks incubate for about 72 days and take roughly 141 days to fledge, then typically spend 6-7 years wandering the Southern Ocean before returning to their natal colony to breed.
- Sebaran
- Circumpolar in the Southern Ocean; breeds on South Georgia (~half the global population), Diego Ramírez Islands (Chile), Prince Edward and Marion Islands (South Africa), Crozet and Kerguelen Islands (France), Campbell Island (New Zealand), and Macquarie Island (Australia); non-breeders range widely across subantarctic and Antarctic waters
- Makanan
- Mainly cephalopods (squid) and fish, with crustaceans, carrion, and lampreys locally important; krill less significant than in some other albatrosses; scavenges bait/discards from longline fishing vessels
- Ukuran
- 0,81 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,2 m
- Masa hidup
- 30 tahun
