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Diomedea antipodensis (Antipodean Albatross)

Synonyms: Diomedea exulans antipodensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Antipodean albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) is a large seabird in the albatross family. Antipodean albatrosses are smaller than wandering albatrosses, and breed in predominantly brown plumage, but are otherwise difficult to distinguish from wanderers.
View Wikipedia Record: Diomedea antipodensis

Infraspecies

Diomedea antipodensis antipodensis
Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Diomedea antipodensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
41
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.76161
EDGE Score: 3.43548
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  17.141 lbs (7.775 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  358 grams
Female Weight [3]  12.875 lbs (5.84 kg)
Male Weight [3]  16.447 lbs (7.46 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  27.7 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  90 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  5 inches (131 mm)
Egg Width [1]  3.189 inches (81 mm)
Fledging [1]  9 months 8 days
Incubation [4]  79 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  60 years
Migration [6]  Intraoceanic
Wing Span [7]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Female Maturity [1]  10 years

Prey / Diet

Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[4]

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
♦ 3Threlfall, W. and SP Mahoney. 1980. The use of measurements in sexing Common Murres from Newfoundland. Wilson Bulletin 92: 266-268
♦ 4Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis), Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels - www.acap.aq
♦ 5Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
♦ 6Riede, 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
♦ 7del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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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