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Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
Vulnerable bird
Measurements
Shoulder Height
45 cm
1'6"
Body Length
1.2 m
3'11"
Weight
10 kg
22 lbs
Wingspan
3.5 m
11'6"
About Wandering Albatross
The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird at 350cm. They can glide for hours without flapping their wings, traveling thousands of kilometers over the ocean.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Diomedeidae
- Genus
- Diomedea
Ecology
- Diet
- piscivore
- Habitat
- ocean
- Continent
- Antarctica, South America, Oceania, Africa
Fun Fact
Wandering albatrosses can fly up to 120,000 km per year, circling the globe multiple times.
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