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Diomedea dabbenena (Tristan Albatross)

Synonyms: Diomedea chionoptera chionoptera; Diomedea exulans chionoptera; Diomedea exulans dabbenena

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) is a large seabird from the albatross family. One of the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea, it was only widely recognised as a full species in 1998.
View Wikipedia Record: Diomedea dabbenena

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Diomedea dabbenena

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
64
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.11879
EDGE Score: 4.86677
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  17.141 lbs (7.775 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  358 grams
Female Weight [1]  15.322 lbs (6.95 kg)
Male Weight [1]  18.96 lbs (8.60 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  23.7 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  90 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  5 inches (131 mm)
Egg Width [1]  3.189 inches (81 mm)
Fledging [1]  9 months 4 days
Incubation [1]  79 days
Maximum Longevity [3]  38 years
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
♦ 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.
♦ 4Jorrit 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.
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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