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Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulansLinnaeus, 1758
Updated
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Diomedea
At a glance
The Wandering Albatross is a very large bird, about 110–135 cm long, listed as Endangered and native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 110–135 cm
- Conservation status
- Endangered
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Rare
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Wandering Albatross look like?
The Wandering Albatross is a very large bird, about 110–135 cm long.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Wandering Albatross?
The Wandering Albatross is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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