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Diomedea amsterdamensis (Amsterdam Island Albatross)

Synonyms: Diomedea exulans amsterdamensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Amsterdam albatross or Amsterdam Island albatross, Diomedea amsterdamensis, is a huge albatross which breeds only on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It was only described in 1983, and was thought by some researchers to be a sub-species of the wandering albatross, D. exulans. BirdLife International and the IOC recognize it as a species, James Clements does not, and the SACC has a proposal on the table to split the species. More recently, mitchondrial DNA comparisons between the Amsterdam albatross, the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans, the Antipodean albatross D. antipodensis and the Tristan albatross D. dabbenena, provide clear genetic evidence that the Amsterdam albatross is a separate species.
View Wikipedia Record: Diomedea amsterdamensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Diomedea amsterdamensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
63
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.76178
EDGE Score: 4.8218
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  16.841 lbs (7.639 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  358 grams
Female Weight [1]  14.813 lbs (6.719 kg)
Male Weight [1]  18.869 lbs (8.559 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  27.4 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  5 inches (129 mm)
Egg Width [1]  3.15 inches (80 mm)
Fledging [1]  9 months
Incubation [3]  79 days
Mating Display [4]  Ground display
Maximum Longevity [1]  60 years
Migration [5]  Intraoceanic
Top 100 Endangered [6]  Yes
Wing Span [3]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Female Maturity [1]  10 years 1 month

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands France Afrotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Plateau des Tourbières French Southern Territories A1, A4ii  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Plateau des Tourbières French Southern Territories  

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
♦ 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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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
♦ 6Baillie, J.E.M. & Butcher, E. R. (2012) Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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