BirdUp · Species
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulansLinnaeus, 1758
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Diomedea
- Conservation
- Endangered
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The snowy albatross, 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".
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- High-latitude islands of South Georgia, Prince Edward (south of South Africa, south-west South Atlantic Ocean), Crozet (south of Madagascar), Heard, Kerguelen, and Macquarie Island (south of Australia)
- Non-breeding range
- Widespread all southern oceans
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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