Albatros (Albatrosses)
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
- langka
- 80 km/h
- Rentan
Largest wingspan of any living bird at nearly 12 feet. Circumnavigates the globe on ocean winds.
- Populasi
- ~20,100 mature individuals (roughly 8,000 breeding pairs annually), declining
- Habitat
- Open Southern Ocean waters; breeds on subantarctic islands in open or patchy vegetation (grassland/tussock) near exposed ridges and hillocks
- Fakta menarik
- The wandering albatross has the longest wingspan of any living bird, up to about 3.7 m tip to tip, letting it glide for hours over the Southern Ocean without a single wingbeat.
- Sebaran
- Circumpolar Southern Ocean (roughly 28°S to 60°S); breeds on South Georgia, Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, and Macquarie Island
- Makanan
- Cephalopods (especially squid), small fish, and crustaceans, taken at the sea surface; scavenges bait, discards, and offal around fishing vessels
- Ukuran
- 1,2 m
- Bentang sayap
- 3,1 m
- Masa hidup
- 40 tahun
