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Diomedea sanfordi (Northern Royal Albatross)

Synonyms: Diomedea epomophora sanfordi; Diomedea epomorpha sanfordi

Wikipedia Abstract

The northern royal albatross or toroa, Diomedea sanfordi, is a large seabird from the albatross family. It was split from the closely related southern royal albatross as recently as 1998, though not all scientists support that conclusion and consider both of them to be subspecies of the royal albatross.
View Wikipedia Record: Diomedea sanfordi

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Diomedea sanfordi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.16766
EDGE Score: 4.17963

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  18.155 lbs (8.235 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  305 grams
Female Weight [1]  16.821 lbs (7.63 kg)
Male Weight [1]  19.489 lbs (8.84 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15.9 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  90 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  90 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  10 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  4.921 inches (125 mm)
Egg Width [1]  3.071 inches (78 mm)
Fledging [1]  7 months 26 days
Incubation [3]  79 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  61 years
Wing Span [4]  10.496 feet (3.2 m)
Female Maturity [1]  10 years
Male Maturity [1]  10 years

Prey / Diet

Histioteuthis atlantica[3]
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Whiptail hake)[3]
Moroteuthopsis ingens (warty squid)[3]
Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[5]
Thyrsites atun (snake mackerel)[3]

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
2Hamish 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
3Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi), Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – www.acap.aq
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.
5Jorrit 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.
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