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A few albatrosses live outside of the southern hemisphere. These include the black-footed albatross, native to the Hawaiian archipelago and a few nearby islands; the short-tailed albatross, which breeds near Japan; the Laysan albatross of the North Pacific; and the waved albatross, which lives off the coast of the Galápagos Islands and the coasts of Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.

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Most albatrosses live in the cold waters of the southern hemisphere. They spend most of their time hunting and foraging out at sea and are rarely seen on land. When they do gather to breed, they form large colonies on remote islands. South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean around 1,400km east of the Falkland Islands, is one such remote outcrop. The wandering albatross, black-browed albatross, grey-headed albatross and light-mantled sooty albatross all return to breed here.

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the Amsterdam albatross (D. amsterdamensis), which has a wingspread of 280–340cm (9–11ft). The black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), meanwhile, has a wingspread of about 230cm (7.5ft), while both the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) have a wingspan of around 200cm (6.5ft).

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The wandering albatross holds the record for the largest seabird, with a wingspan reaching 3.5m and a body mass of 8–12kg.

To put that in perspective, an adult hippo has a body length of around 3.5m. Other species of albatross are somewhat smaller, although no less majestic. These larger species of albatross include the royal albatross (D. epomophora), with a wingspread of around 315cm – about the same length as a tiger.

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Taken together, this means albatrosses have one of the lowest reproductive rates of any bird. Albatrosses are very long-lived birds, with some individuals living to over 60 years of age. However as so many are now being killed, many populations are in rapid decline.

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The albatrosses mostly try to eat the bait and get dragged under and drowned. Collisions with trawl net cables are also a significant cause of mortality.

This is having a concerning impact on albatross populations. All species of albatross lay just a single egg at one time, and many species only breed every other year. In addition, most take 10 years to reach maturity before they can successfully breed.

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According to estimates, there are only around 5000 breeding pairs left of the Chatham albatross in the world.

Researchers have discovered that trawling and longline fishing boats – where fishing vessels set lines containing thousands of baited hooks – are killing more than 100,000 albatrosses every year.17 Wandering albatrosses, for example, are attracted to the baited hooks set by tuna longliners.

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The grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma), light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), and wandering albatross also breed on South Georgia.

15 of the world’s 22 albatross species are endangered. This includes the Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita), a medium-sized black-and-white albatross which breeds only on The Pyramid, a large rock stack in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

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The black-browed albatross is the most frequently encountered of the family. This bird is native to the Southern Oceans, with 70% of the world’s population breeding on the Falkland Islands. South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean is another popular breeding spot. There are estimated to be 1.4 million mature black-browed albatrosses in the world.

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There are 22 species of albatross. Perhaps the most well-known member of the albatross family is the wandering albatross, also known as the snowy albatross. This feathered giant has the largest wingspan of any bird on the planet – a whopping 3.5m. It breeds mostly on islands just to the north of the Antarctic Circle, but ranges across the entire Southern Ocean.

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Females lay one egg at a time, and parents will take it in turns to incubate the egg while the other hunts for food. Fledgling albatrosses take a long time to grow and reach maturity. Depending on the species they can spend five to 10 years at sea before they are ready to return to land to mate.

Their Latin name, Diomedea, was coined by Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy. It refers to the ancient Greek legend of Diomedes, a warrior whose companions were transformed into…
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As adults, they spend years out on the open ocean, flying for thousands of miles. They can cover almost 1,000km a day without flapping their wings, and have been known to travel 16,000km in a single foraging trip.

When they are ready to breed they return to the same colony, often found on some of the world’s most remote islands. They commonly mate for life, although divorce amongst albatrosses is becoming increasingly common, possibly due to climate change.

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Albatrosses are birds that spend most of their lives at sea, soaring over the oceans hunting for fish, before returning to their breeding grounds on isolated islands. Members of the biological family Diomedeidae, these colossal birds have giant wingspans, exceeding three meters in some cases. They are truly masters of the sea, using their strong wings to ride thermal currents, and soaring above the waves with little exertion.

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Albatrosses listen to low frequencies of sound called infrasound to help them navigate when they at sea. The sound, which is typically inaudible to humans, is produced when waves crash together or against coastlines.

Adult albatrosses are renowned for their intricate courtship dance displays which they practice for years to perfect. Wandering albatross pairs, for example, break out a series of at least 22 distinct dance moves, including head rolling, wing spreading, and…
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A single wandering albatross can fly the equivalent of 10 times to the moon and back over their lifetime.

The world’s oldest living albatross is Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who is over 74 years old. Over her lifetime she has produced over 50 eggs.

Albatrosses are one of the few animals able to drink seawater. They have evolved salt glands behind their eyes that filter out excess salt from their blood.

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They commonly mate for life, although divorce amongst albatrosses is becoming increasingly common, possibly due to climate change.

15 of the world’s 22 albatross species are endangered. Swordfish, tuna and other fishing fleets are killing more than 100,000 albatrosses every year.

Wandering albatrosses can gorge themselves so much on ship garbage that they become unable to fly and must float on the water to recover.

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They are truly masters of the sea, using their strong wings to ride thermal currents, and soaring above the waves with little exertion. As adults, they spend years out on the open ocean, flying for thousands of miles. They can cover almost 1,000km a day without flapping their wings, and have been known to travel 16,000km in a single foraging trip.

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Albatrosses are birds that spend most of their lives at sea, soaring over the oceans hunting for fish, before returning to their breeding grounds on isolated islands. Members of the biological family Diomedeidae, these colossal birds have giant wingspans, exceeding three meters in some cases.

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Albatrosses listen to low frequencies of sound called infrasound to help them navigate when they at sea. The sound, which is typically inaudible to humans, is produced when waves crash together or against coastlines.

Adult albatrosses are renowned for their intricate courtship dance displays which they practise for years to perfect. Wandering albatross pairs, for example, break out a series of at least 22 distinct dance moves, including head rolling, wing spreading, and…
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A single wandering albatross can fly the equivalent of 10 times to the moon and back over their lifetime.
The world’s oldest living albatross is Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who is over 74 years old. Over her lifetime she has produced over 50 eggs.
Albatrosses are one of the few animals able to drink seawater. They have evolved salt glands behind their eyes that filter out excess salt from their blood.

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They commonly mate for life, although divorce amongst albatrosses is becoming increasingly common, possibly due to climate change.

15 of the world’s 22 albatross species are endangered. Swordfish, tuna and other fishing fleets are killing more than 100,000 albatrosses every year.

Wandering albatrosses can gorge themselves so much on ship garbage that they become unable to fly and must float on the water to recover.

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As adults, they spend years out on the open ocean, flying for thousands of miles. They can cover almost 1,000km a day without flapping their wings, and have been known to travel 16,000km in a single foraging trip.

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Albatrosses are birds that spend most of their lives at sea, soaring over the oceans hunting for fish, before returning to their breeding grounds on isolated islands. Members of the biological family Diomedeidae, these colossal birds have giant wingspans, exceeding three metres in some cases. They are truly masters of the sea, using their strong wings to ride thermal currents, and soaring above the waves with little exertion.

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Albatrosses listen to low frequencies of sound called infrasound to help them navigate when they at sea. The sound, which is typically inaudible to humans, is produced when waves crash together or against coastlines.

Adult albatrosses are renowned for their intricate courtship dance displays which they practice for years to perfect. Wandering albatross pairs, for example, break out a series of at least 22 distinct dance moves, including head rolling, wing spreading, and…
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