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	Australian Antarctic Division - Wandering albatross
		Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) have a white head, neck and body, a wedge-shaped tail, and a large pink beak.
		Wandering albatross breed on subantarctic and Antarctic islands between 46° and 56°S such as Iles Kerguelen, South Georgia and Macquarie Island.
		Wandering albatross breed only once every two years, and the task of incubating the half-kilogram egg and rearing the chick is shared by both parents.
	www.aad.gov.au /default.asp?casid=1647 (283 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wandering Albatross
		The early explorers of the great Southern Sea cheered themselves with the companionship of the albatross in their dreary solitudes; and the evil fate of him who shot with his cross-bow the "bird of good omen" is familiar to readers of Coleridge 's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
		The wanderer is the stellar flying bird of the Southern Ocean and much of the marine folklore and poetry about albatrosses that developed in the era of sailing ships can be attributed to the wandering albatross.
		The life history of the wandering albatross is similar to our own: birds mature at about 12 years of age, spend many adolescent years socialising and courting, mate for life, breed infrequently and might live for more than 60 years.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wandering-Albatross (1065 words)

	Albatross
		The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird and is perhaps the most magnificent of all twelve species of albatross.
		The albatross is a very long-lived bird but it does not start breeding until it is at least seven years old.
		During the latter part of the nineteenth century, however, most species of albatross were sought after for the fashion trade, and thousands were killed for their feathers.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/albatross.html (893 words)

	CapeTownBirding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Wandering Albatross Diomedea [exulans] exulans:14 000 pairs breed at South Georgia, Marion and Prince Edward, Crozets, Kerguelen and Macquarie; ranges throughout the Southern Ocean.
		Wandering Albatrosses are famous for their complex series of age-related plumage changes, becoming progressively whiter until they are 20-30 years old.
		Wandering Albatrosses are characterised by great variation in plumage between individuals even of the same age and sex.
	users.iafrica.com /b/ba/batis/CapeTownBirding/FieldguideFrontiers/Albatrosses/Albatross2.htm (990 words)

	wandering albatross
		Albatrosses mate for life and can live to be 80 - 85 years old probably making them the animal that travels further than any other in their life-time.
		This means that the albatross is in the same select group as king and emperor penguins in that it has a breeding cycle that stretches over 2 years.
		This authoritative volume is the first comparative account of the albatross family, famed for their supreme adaptations to the marine environment, for breeding on remote islands, and for spending most of their lives flying immense distances over the sea.
	www.coolantarctica.com /gallery/Other%20birds/wandering_albatross10.htm (571 words)

	Wandering Albatross — 70South - Antarctic News, Antarctic Information, Interactive and Updated Daily... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Both the wandering albatross and the royal albatross are the most oceanic of seabirds.
		The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird, and is named so, because it is a great traveler.
		Nearly all species of Albatross live in the southern oceans, which are the windiest oceans, but the wandering albatross can still live up to 80 years of age.
	www.70south.com /resources/antarctic-animals/antarctic-birds/wanderingalbatross (347 words)

	Wandering Albatross in California
		Wandering Albatross at The Sea Ranch, Sonoma County, California.
		Eyewitnesses reported that the albatross appeared to be alert and without outward signs of ill health, although it showed no fear of persons or dogs.
		As recently as October 1957 a Wandering Albatross was captured ashore alive in Sicily (Orlando, 1958).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v085n03/p0502-p0504.html (781 words)

	Albatross fact sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Almost all the world's albatross populations are declining, with 16 out of 21 species considered threatened under IUCN-World Conservation Union criteria.
		A female albatross may fly thousands of miles to bring back food for her chick.
		Estimates suggest that as many as 333,000 seabirds, including 67,000 albatrosses, were killed in "pirate" Chilean seabass (Patagonian toothfish) fisheries between 1997 and 2000.
	www.albatrossaction.org /fact_sheet.htm (295 words)

	Wandering Albatross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Wandering Albatross which rarely touches the ground, covers all of the southern part of the southern hemisphere.
		All male Wandering Albatross look the same, all white except the tips of their wings which are fl.
		Male Wandering Albatross are 4 to 5 feet long, the females are a little smaller.
	www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl /reports/redland/albatross.html (249 words)

	AllRefer.com - albatross (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, made famous by Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, has a wingspread of from 10 to 12 ft (305–366 cm), although the wings are only about 9 in.
		Most albatrosses are found in the South Pacific region, e.g., the wandering and the sooty species; a few, the fl-footed (D.
		Albatrosses are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Procellariiformes, family Diomedeidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/albatros.html (277 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World - Wandering Albatross
		Except for a distinctive white face mask young wandering albatrosses are a rich brown colour and can be very similar to the 'dark' forms of the Great Albatross, such as Amsterdam and Antipodes Albatrosses.
		Tomkins, R.J. (1985) Reproduction and mortality of Wandering Albatrosses on Macquarie Island.
		Tomkins, R.J. (1983) Fertilisation of Wandering Albatross eggs on Macquarie Island.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /Wand.Alb.html (486 words)

	Birds » Wild Birds » Albatross - Great Wandering Main Page
		Wandering Albatrosses usually feed on squid, although they have been known to feed on fish waste thrown from fishing boats.
		By the 1800's, Wandering Albatross were killed in large numbers for their feathers, used to stuff pillows and mattresses.
		In recent years, the Wandering Albatross has suffered, becoming entangled in fishing lines or nets, dying from ingestion of plastics or other wastes, or losing its food due to the depletion of fishing stocks.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/wild_birds/wbd5868.html (748 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Wandering Albatross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A faithful follower of Southern Ocean vessels and truly the spirit of the high seas, it has been revered and respected by mariners throughout the ages, and is probably the species immortalised in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
		The Wandering Albatross is listed as a 'Vulnerable' species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) which means that it faces a high risk of extinction in the medium-term future.
		Wandering Albatrosses are highly aggressive scavengers behind fishing vessels, outcompeting other birds in the scramble for bait which makes longline fishing the greatest threat to their existence.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2082467 (452 words)

	Wandering Albatross ( Diomedea exulans ) - Wandering Albatross information - Wandering Albatross facts - ...
		Generally their widespan is up to 350 cm (over 11 feet) but albatrosses with widespan almost 400 cm were also observed.
		Wandering albatross is a beautiful bird with white feathers and fl marginal lines.
		Its slim body is aerodynamically shaped which enables him to wander over 500 km (270 miles) a day and 56 000 km (35 000 miles) in three months.
	www.wildanimalsonline.com /birds/wanderingalbatross.php (270 words)

	Wandering Albatross
		The Wandering Albatross is the largest of the albatrosses and is the living bird with the greatest wingspan, measuring almost 3.5 m.
		The body length is up to 1.35 m, with females slightly smaller than males.The adult Wandering Albatross appears entirely white from a distance.
		The Wandering Albatross visits Australian waters from Fremantle, Western Australia to northern New South Wales between June and September each year.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/wandering_albatross.htm (398 words)

	Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Albatrosses are among the most long–lived of birds and commonly reach the age of 30–40 years, with a record going to a Royal from the colony at Taiaroa Head near Dunedin, a bird named Grandma who was still producing young past her sixtieth birthday.
		The sailing ships used to encounter albatrosses while plying the westerly winds between latitudes 40 and 60 degrees, thus the Roaring Forties and the Furious Fifties came to be known as the albatross latitudes.
		The albatross feeds mostly on squid, octopus, salps and fish, a proportion of which is carrion.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/albatrosswandering.html (2000 words)

	Wandering Albatross
		A life history like this is not compatible with unnaturally high mortality and even a small increase in mortality can send populations heading toward the abyss.
		The main threat to wandering albatrosses is surface longlining for tuna.
		Bottom longlining is less of a threat because lines sink faster, and wanderers are usually out-competed by smaller, more manoeuvrable species.
	www.birdsaustralia.com.au /albatross/wandering.html (184 words)

	The Wandering Albatross
		The Wandering and Royal Albatrosses are the largest.
		The Laysan Albatrosses featured in the cyclorama are smaller, approximately 2/3's the size of Wandering Albatrosses.
		There are only approximately 15,000 pairs of Wandering Albatrosses in the wild.
	www.uiowa.edu /~nathist/Site/albatrosslifehistory.html (116 words)

	Save the Albatross
		Wandering albatrosses and royal albatrosses have the largest wingspan of any bird on the planet, their long and narrow wings reaching up to 3.5 metres (11 foot).
		Albatrosses are a miracle of nature - gliding on wind currents for thousands of miles, without once flapping their wings.
		The wandering albatross will fly as far as 10,000 kilometres (6,250 miles) in one single trip to feed its chick.
	www.savethealbatross.net /albatrosses.asp (385 words)

	Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans - South Seas Companion Natural Phenomenon
		Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans - South Seas Companion Natural Phenomenon
		The Wandering Albatross is the largest of the various species of albatross, having a body length of up to 1.35 metres and a wing span of nearly 3.5 metres.
		The Wandering Albatross is a pelagic bird, that is, a bird that lives in open oceans and normally only come ashore to breed.
	southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000389b.htm (163 words)

	Wandering Albatross
		The taxonomy of albatrosses has recently become a topic of debate: several taxa have been proposed as separate species.
		Wandering Albatross Diomedea (exulans) exulans ; videograbs (20x).
		(Tristan) Wandering Albatross Diomedea (exulans) dabbenena, juvenile; videograbs (20x).
	www.warbler.phytoconsult.nl /AO/wand_alba.htm (95 words)

	SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: Wandering Albatross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Some of their scientific names are the Black Browed Albatross, Diomedea melanophrys, which is native to the Falkland Islands, the Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans, a huge bird with a 4m(12-ft) wingspread.
		The Laysan Albatross, is a smaller, brown winged species with a sooty fl spot near the eyes and grey bill.
		The Albatross has a problem with other birds, both bigger and smaller, because they steal their eggs before they have hatched.
	www.schoolworld.asn.au /species/altross.html (392 words)

	Let’s meet Tino the Wandering Albatross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		They measure 3.4 metres from tip to tip (the Wandering Albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird living on earth), and this allows Tino and other Wandering Albatrosses to fly more than 1000 km each day, without flapping (the greatest distance travelled by any bird in 24 hours).
		As they go they will meet other sorts of Albatrosses and many other birds who, as they spread their wings, will help me to spread all the good news about plants and animals around the world.
		Each month there will be a new Tino The Albatross story, and a smARK card© packed with information about the animal and plant record breakers of the world, for you to collect and file away in your good news data banks.
	www.wildlifebiz.com /tino_the_albatross (451 words)

	albatro urlatore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		011 00200 Albatro urlatore Diomedea exulans (Wandering Albatross).
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	albatro-urlatore.xeywob.net (416 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Results: Wandering Albatross
		Cooper J & Weimerskirch H. Inter-island movements of wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans between the Prince Edward and Crozet islands: implications for conservation.
		Population trends of albatrosses and petrels at sub-Antarctic Marion Island.
		Foraging interactions between Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans breeding on Marion Island and long-line fisheries in the southern Indian Ocean.
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/safring/results/0007.htm (363 words)

	NATUREANDCO.COM - New Zealand Seabirds: The Antipodean (Wandering) Albatross
		Adult male has a white body and fl upperwings but older males often have a mottled brown patch on their crowns and brown smudge on their chests whereas females and younger birds have bodies which in some birds can be entirely fl.
		In flight the posture of the Royal Albatross is more 'hump-backed'.
		Also the Royal lacks the brown body mattling characteristic of the younger Wanderers.
	www.natureandco.co.nz /land_and_wildlife/wildlife/seabirds/wandering_albatr.php (189 words)

	Wandering Albatross Construction I
		When the Museum needed a unique mount for its Wandering Albatross skeleton, it turned to nationally-renowned mounting expert Terry Brown, of Museum Professionals, Inc.
		The special challenge of the Wandering Albatross was its wingspan, almost twelve (12) feet, the largest in the world.
		A mount must display a specimen so that it can be seen by visitors and at the same time be protected from dust, heat, bugs, etc.
	www.uiowa.edu /~nathist/Site/albatross.html (190 words)

	Wandering albatross - Diomedea exulans: More Movies - ARKive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Wandering albatross chick hatching and being fed by adult
		Wandering albatross feeding older chick on snow-covered nest
		Older wandering albatross chick preening on snow-covered nest.
	arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Diomedea_exulans/more_moving_images.html (226 words)

	Wandering Albatross - Diomedea exulans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The largest albatross but plumage varies greatly according to age and can be very difficult to distinguish from Royal Albatross D.
		Adult: plumage entirely white except for fl primaries and narrow fl tips to secondaries although head may be stained pinkish when breeding.
		Many otherwise adult birds retain dark feathers at the sides of the tail, a feature not shown by adult Royal.
	www.birdforum.net /bird_view.php?bid=8878 (561 words)

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