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Diomedea epomophora (Royal Albatross)

Synonyms: Diomedea epomophora epomophora; Diomedea epomorpha; Diomedea epomorpha epomorpha

Wikipedia Abstract

The southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) is a large seabird from the albatross family. At an average wingspan of above 3 m (9.8 ft), it is one of the two largest species of albatross, together with the wandering albatross. Recent studies indicate that the southern royal albatross may, on average, be somewhat larger than the wandering albatross in mass and wingspan, although other sources indicate roughly similar size for the two species.
View Wikipedia Record: Diomedea epomophora

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Diomedea epomophora

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.16766
EDGE Score: 3.48648
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Attributes

Clutch Size [3]  1
Clutches / Year [2]  1
Egg Length [2]  4.921 inches (125 mm)
Egg Width [2]  3.071 inches (78 mm)
Fledging [2]  7 months 26 days
Incubation [6]  79 days
Mating Display [3]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [3]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [7]  58 years
Migration [1]  Intercontinental
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Water Biome [1]  Pelagic, Coastal
Wing Span [8]  10.496 feet (3.2 m)
Adult Weight [2]  18.155 lbs (8.235 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  445 grams
Female Weight [5]  16.976 lbs (7.70 kg)
Male Weight [5]  22.708 lbs (10.30 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  33.8 %
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  90 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  90 %
Forages - Underwater [4]  10 %
Female Maturity [2]  10 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra Australia, New Zealand Australasia Tundra    
Chatham Island temperate forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests  
Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra South Africa, France, Australia Antarctic Tundra    
Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands United Kingdom Afrotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Palmer LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research   Antarctica    
Tierra Del Fuego National Park II 172861 Argentina

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Reserva Nacional de Paracas Peru A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Histioteuthis atlantica[6]
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Whiptail hake)[6]
Moroteuthopsis ingens (warty squid)[6]
Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Marchant, S.; Higgins, PJ (eds.) 1990. The handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, Vol. 1., ratites to ducks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
♦ 6Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora), Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – www.acap.aq
♦ 7de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 8del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 9Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 10International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0