Wandering Albatross

Diomedea exulans - Albatros hurleur

Albatros hurleur
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Diomédéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Diomedea

  • Species
    :

    exulans

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 135 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 254 à 351 cm.
  • Weight
    : 7000 à 12000 g
Longevity

80 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Albatros hurleur
adult
Albatros hurleur
First year

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) is a species of bird in the Diomedeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Albatros hurleur,
  • Albatros viajero,
  • albatroz-gigante,
  • Wanderalbatros,
  • vándoralbatrosz,
  • Grote Albatros,
  • Albatros urlatore,
  • vandringsalbatross,
  • Vandrealbatross,
  • albatros sťahovavý,
  • albatros stěhovavý,
  • Vandrealbatros,
  • jättiläisalbatrossi,
  • Grootmalmok (Grootalbatros),
  • albatros viatger,
  • Hrímtrosi,
  • albatros wędrowny,
  • klaidoņalbatross,
  • klateški albatros,
  • Странствующий альбатрос,
  • ワタリアホウドリ,
  • 漂泊信天翁,
  • 漂泊信天翁,

Voice song and cries

Albatros hurleur
Poussin

Habitat

Albatros hurleur
immature

Grassland : Subantarctic ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 08-12-2015
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