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Phoebastria irrorata (Waved Albatross)

Synonyms: Diomedea irrorata; Diomedea irrorata irrorata

Wikipedia Abstract

The waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), also known as Galapagos albatross, is the only member of the Diomedeidae family located in the tropics. When they forage, they follow a straight path to a single site off the coast of Peru, about 1,000 km (620 mi) to the east. During the non-breeding season, these birds reside primarily on the Ecuadorian and Peruvian coasts.
View Wikipedia Record: Phoebastria irrorata

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Phoebastria irrorata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
69
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.8686
EDGE Score: 5.24648
View EDGE Record: Phoebastria irrorata

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.485 lbs (3.395 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  273 grams
Female Weight [1]  6.702 lbs (3.04 kg)
Male Weight [1]  8.267 lbs (3.75 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  23.4 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  60 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  4.173 inches (106 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.717 inches (69 mm)
Fledging [1]  3 months 24 days
Incubation [1]  61 days
Maximum Longevity [6]  40 years
Migration [5]  Intracontinental
Wing Span [7]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Female Maturity [1]  8 years 3 months

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Ecuadorian dry forests Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Galápagos Islands scrubland mosaic Ecuador Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Reserva del Noroeste Biosphere Reserve 571807 Peru  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Isla de la Plata Ecuador A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii    
Isla Española Ecuador A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii  
Parque Nacional Natural Ensenada de Utría Colombia A1, A2, A3
Reserva Nacional de Paracas Peru A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Isla Española Ecuador  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru Yes

Prey / Diet

Anuropus pacificus[8]
Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[8]
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (purpleback squid)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 6de 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
♦ 7Wildlife As Canon Sees It
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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