Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans · Bird
The wandering albatross, with perhaps the longest wingspan of any bird, roams the southern oceans thousands of kilometres from the subantarctic islands where it nests among tussock grass. It follows fishing boats and is often caught on their lines. Sailors thought killing one brought bad luck, yet they took its wing bones for pipe stems, and the Maori ate it and carved its bones.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In colonies, by day
- Size
- Small
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Gives
Wandering Albatross Wing Bone, Wandering Albatross Meat
Sources
- Lauren Scopel, Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2007.
- Wikipedia contributors, Wandering albatross. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
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