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	SCAVENGING BEHAVIOR OF THE WAVED ALBATROSS IN GALÁPAGOS: A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH INCREASING LONGLINING? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1994, the population of waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) was estimated at 15,000 breeding pairs (Anderson 1995a).
		An unpublished report by the author on the occurrence and feeding activities of the waved albatross suggested that the birds are, to a greater or lesser extent, scavengers when in the waters near the archipelago during the breeding season.
		During the mostly calm weather, the distinctive white heads and necks of the waved albatross facilitated observation on the sea.
	www.darwinfoundation.org /articles/n5900049801.html (2020 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World - Waved Albatross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Pair of Waved Albatross on Espanola, Galapagos Is. Nov 1992.
		Anderson, D. Schwandt, A. and Douglas, H. (1997) Foraging ranges of Waved Albatross in the eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
		Gales R. (1998) Albatross populations: status and threats.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /Waved.Alb.html (295 words)

	The Albatrosses
		Albatrosses can be distinguished from the other petrels because their tubular nostrils are placed at either side of the top mandible of their bill rather than being fused together on top.
		Fossil albatross have been found in England and USA and Japan, indicating that they once had a northern distribution which is believed to have ended 20 MYA when the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans ceased to meet in the Panama.
		Albatrosses are famous for their expressive courtship which involves dancing and in some species such as the Sooty Albatross, daring chases in flight with the following bird repeating every move of the leader.
	www.earthlife.net /birds/albatross.html (1341 words)

	Save the Albatross
		The waved albatross breeds on one island in the Galapagos group - it is the only truly tropical albatross and it lays its single egg from early April.
		By nesting on only one island, the waved albatrosses literally put their eggs in one basket and catastrophic breeding failures are sometimes recorded, probably due to sudden changes in weather or food supply.
		The waved albatross is unusual in having no nest, and has been known to move its egg around its territory over distances of up to 40 metres.
	www.savethealbatross.net /the_latest/the_latest_item.asp?newsid=36 (462 words)

	Albatrosses at Work
		Albatross parents catch and swallow their prey at sea, then fly back to the nest.
		Albatrosses are predatory and they bring food to their young in the nest, so it is not a surprise that they have a small clutch size.
		The bigger albatrosses lay bigger eggs; it's more or less correct to say that the mass (weight) of the egg is about 8% of the female's body mass.
	www.wfu.edu /albatross/atwork/atwork.htm (1091 words)

	New England Seabirds - Wandering Birder, Trip Reports from outside New England
		The Waved Albatross feeds exclusively in a triangle from the Galápagos Islands to the coast of Ecuador and down to the coast of Peru.
		Eventually we came to the Waved Albatross colony or at least the small part of it that tourists are allowed to visit.
		Albatross find a mate and build a lifetime pair bond by dancing and those lucky enough to witness the dance of the Albatross are enchanted.
	www.neseabirds.com /Galapagos/WanderingEcuador7.htm (1892 words)

	Oceans - Stop Pirate Fishing
		Of the 24 species of albatross, 21 are known to be killed on longlines and at least two species are critically endangered.
		Closest to extinction is the Amsterdam albatross, which has been reduced to between five and eight breeding pairs on the French territory of Amsterdam Island.
		Albatrosses feed primarily on squid and fish - the main bait used to catch toothfish - and are attracted to fishing vessels as an easy source of food.
	archive.greenpeace.org /oceans/piratefishing/albatross.html (653 words)

	THE ALBATROSS 46 DAY WORLD CIRCUMNAVIGATION \| OCEAN CONSERVATION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT - SOLAR NAVIGATOR WORLD ...
		Grey-headed albatrosses have a wingspan of 220 centimetres (7ft 3ins).
		Albatrosses are able to fly for hours, and maybe even days, without flapping their wings, because they have a neat trick that grabs energy from wind.
		Most of the world's albatrosses (10 of 14 species and 19 of 23 taxa) are in the southern hemisphere, ranging primarily in subantarctic waters and (for a variety of species) moving north along the west coast of South America in the cold Humboldt Current.
	www.solarnavigator.net /albatross_circumnavigation.htm (3029 words)

	Fisheries linked to decline in galapagos waved albatross population
		Awkerman's research shows the waved albatrosses are unintentionally killed when caught in fishing nets or on fishing hooks, but are also intentionally harvested for human consumption.
		Española is a small island where almost all of the waved albatrosses in the world nest and breed.
		Identification bands from 23 waved albatrosses killed in 2005 were returned to the researchers by fishermen.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-10/wfu-flt100306.php (499 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Albatrosses are the bird family with perhaps the highest proportion of threatened species: of the 21 species currently recognised, 20 are listed as threatened or near-threatened in the global red data list.
		The accidental capture of albatrosses (and petrels) by longline fisheries is the most significant single threat to albatross populations...
		The taxonomy of albatrosses was stabilised, in part, in a unique fashion in 1965 when 15 seabird gurus from around the world published a taxonomy of albatrosses which recognised 13 species in two genera (Alexander et al 1965).
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/diomedeidae.html (934 words)

	Albatross Movies
		"The albatrosses (from Portuguese Alcatraz, a pelican) are seabirds in the family Diomedeidae, which is closely allied to the petrels.
		Albatrosses travel huge distances using a technique used by many long-winged seabirds called dynamic soaring.
		This enables them to minimise the effort needed by gliding across wave fronts gaining energy from the vertical wind gradient.
	www.junglewalk.com /video/albatross-movie.htm (114 words)

	Waved Albatross
		Waved albatrosses, like other albatrosses, spend part of their year at sea.
		The waved albatross, does not travel very far, however, nor is it gone for a very long time.
		Waved albatrosses, like other albatrosses, engage in a very lengthy, noisy, and complex courtship ritual.
	www.rit.edu /~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/Albatross.html (720 words)

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		Since 1983, when Amsterdam Albatross was described, the taxonomic arrangement of the World's Albatrosses has remain unchanged, with recent treatments recognising 14 species in two different genera, the two Sooty Albatrosses phoebetria and all remaining species diomedia.
		In September 1995 the First International Conference on the Biology and Conservation of Albatrosses was held in Hobart, Australia and Nunn and Robertson presented their findings, as well as going beyond, and suggesting a revised species-level taxonomy of the albatrosses within the new four genus arrangement.
		The same studies indicate that the sooty albatrosses are the sister-group of the molly-mawks rather than the sister-group to all remaining albatrosses and that the genus Diomedea, as traditionally defined, is not monophyletic.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /XNewApproachAlbatross2.htm (687 words)

	Galapagos birdlife - Waved Albatross - wildlife - Galapagos Cruises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Galapagos birdlife - Waved Albatross - wildlife - Galapagos Cruises
		The Waved Albatross is the largest bird in the Galapagos Islands.
		The Albatross also the ability to drink salt water and filter out the salt in a gland by their eyes.
	www.galapagoscruise.com.ec /index.pl/galapagos-waved-albatross (439 words)

	Puerto Suarez, Española; Galapagos Islands
		An extra-special wildlife spectacle of Española between April and December is the Waved Albatross, Diomeda irrorata, colony.
		Waved Albatrosses stay paired for life, and their courtship rituals cement their relationship.
		The Waved Albatross is by far the largest breeding bird in Galápagos, having a wingspan of c235cm and a length of c72cm.
	www.v-liz.com /galapagos/espanola2.htm (400 words)

	Home
		Although the albatross is an excellent flier, its abilities at taking-off are somewhat limited, thus in order to fly, the waved albatross must toddle its way to the cliffs of Española and literally fall off the edge, spreading its enormous wings as it does so.
		During courtship, an event which we were lucky enough to see, waved albatrosses perform an elaborate and noisy mating ritual which involves the pair knocking their bills together, shifting their necks from side to side, pointing their beaks into the air and a number of other movements.
		While the waved albatross may be the largest seabird in the Galápagos, one of its close relatives, the storm petrel, is the world's smallest seabird.
	www.geol.umd.edu /~jmerck/galsite/research/projects/snyder/seaves.htm (3117 words)

	Diomed
		Albatrosses are members of the family Diomedeidae, in the bird order Procellariformes.
		Only four species nest north of the equator: waved albatross (in the Galápagos Islands), short-tailed albatross (near Japan), Laysan albatross, and fl-footed albatross (both in the northwest Hawaiian Islands and other north Pacific islands).
		Albatrosses are known for their courtship dances, in which males and females get to know each other as mates.
	www.wfu.edu /albatross/diomed.htm (142 words)

	Albatross threatened by longline fishing in the Galapagos - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Proposals to start longline fishing in the Galapagos could have a drastic impact on the number of waved albatrosses which breed on the islands.
		The waved albatross is officially listed as 'Vulnerable to extinction' primarily due to deaths caused by the longline fisheries on the coast of Peru.
		The Government of Ecuador (which is responsible for Galapagos) is a party to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatross and Petrels, and as such, they have a duty to protect the conservation status of albatrosses and petrels.
	www.rspb.org.uk /international/albatross_appeal/news/galapagos.asp (479 words)

	Seabird Osteology skulls Albatrosses Diomedeidae
		Albatrosses can be divided into four distinct groups: the Great Albatrosses, the Pacific Albatrosses, the smaller Mollymawks and the two Sooty Albatrosses of the genus Phoebetria.
		Bills of the different forms of Wandering Albatrosses are more slender than those of the Royals and the tubes are slightly compressed laterally and point a little bit upwards.
		This group counts four species of which the Waved Albatross is the only tropical species with a restricted distribution around the Galapagos Islands, just south of the equator.
	www.shearwater.nl /seabird-osteology/albatrosses_diomedeidae.htm (908 words)

	Galapagos wildlife, Waved Albatross, Flamingo, Hawk, Penguin, Darwin's Finches
		Waved Albatross: The Waved Albatross, Phoebastria irrorata, is the only member of the Diomedeidae family located in the tropics.
		The primary food sources of the Waved Albatross are fish, squid, and crustaceans.
		Finches who eat buds and fruit would be less successful at doing this, while their claw like beaks can grind down their food and thus give them a selective advantage in circumstances where buds are the only real food source for finches.
	www.in-quito.com /galapagos/wildlife-4.htm (547 words)

	Waved Albatross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Waved Albatross, Phoebastria irrorata, is the only member of the Diomedeidae family located in the tropics.
		When they need to forage, the Waved Albatross follow straight paths to a single site off the coast of Peru, about 1,000 km distant to the east.
		The population of Waved Albatrosses on the Galápagos is protected by national park personnel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waved_Albatross (219 words)

	Albatross page
		It has been estimated that 5 million albatross were killed here from 1887-1902; a volcano in 1902 wiped out the village of the plume hunters (some have considered this poetic justice...).
		Of course, most of the world's albatrosses (10 of 14 species and 19 of 23 taxa) are in the southern hemisphere, ranging primarily in subantarctic waters and (for a variety of species) moving north along the west coast of South America in the cold Humboldt Current.
		A list of the proposed new sequence of albatross, with all these splits and their distribution, is on-line here (search on "albatross" when the site comes up).
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/albatrosses.html (1065 words)

	Charles Darwin Research Station news bulletin
		Recent studies have shown that adult survival of the waved albatross is lower than historical estimates, contributing to a reduction of the breeding population.
		Anderson and his team have visited Galapagos frequently since 1999 to survey and band adult waved albatrosses at their single breeding site on Espanola Island.
		Researchers believe the albatross are being affected by incidental death caused by fishing by-catch or intentional harvesting for human consumption.
	www.gct.org /jun06_1.html (1047 words)

	MickTravels to Galapagos Islands, Ecuador -- Albatross
		We found the waved albatross on Espanola Island, the only island this species of albatross reproduces on.
		A few pairs of albatross were already incubating eggs.
		The sound that a waved albatross bill makes when it clamps closed is not unlike a pair of musical wood blocks being hit together.
	www.micktravels.com /galapagos/albatross (161 words)

	Española Island
		We we also witnessed the awkward take-off and graceful flight of waved albatross as they launched themselves from the cliff to forage for fish offshore.
		Waved albatross and masked boobies hunt further off-shore than do the blue-footed boobies, in waters less impacted by the recent El Niño event.
		Consequently, the albatross and the masked boobies had enough food to continue with their mating cycle, while the near-shore blue-footed boobies did not, which is why we saw no nesting blue-footed boobies.
	www.ecuador.washcoll.edu /Espanola/espanola.html (283 words)

	North Pacific albatross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The North Pacific albatrosses are large seabirds from the genus Phoebastria in the albatross family.
		They are the most tropical of the albatrosses, with two species (the Laysan Albatross and Black-footed Albatross) nesting in Hawaii, one on sub-tropical islands south of Japan (the Short-tailed Albatross), and one nesting on the equator (the Waved Albatross).
		Their taxonomy is very confusing, as with all albatrosses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Pacific_albatross (294 words)

	Procellariiformes
		They are distributed throughout the world, but they tend to be found primarily in southern waters.Their bills are always hooked, and are divided into plates, which are separated by grooves.
		The portion of the brain that is associated with smell is enlarged in Procellariiformes, and it has been suggested that they are able to smell their prey.
		Albatrosses and frigatebirds are the most primitive members of their orders (Procelariiformes and Pelecaniformes, respectively), and skeletal similarities suggest that the two orders are related.
	www.rit.edu /~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/Procellariiformes.html (298 words)

	April 17, 1999 Galapagos Visit Report
		The Albatross have arrived in force and the first eggs are appearing.
		A constant stream of albatross are flying by the cliffs and landing.
		The world breeding range of the the Waved Albatross and the endemic race of the Large Cactus Finch just to mention two are too vulnerable to risk things such as accidental introduction of new organisms.
	www.naturalist.net /visitreport/apr17-99.html (810 words)

	Galapagos sea birds, Waved Albatrosses and Blue-Footed Boobies
		Galapagos sea birds, Waved Albatrosses and Blue-Footed Boobies
		Waved Albatrosses: The largest bird in the island, weighing about 10 lb with a swing span approaching 8 ft, the waved albatross is named for the wavy grey lines on its white undercarriage.
		The albatross is also the only one of thirteen albatross species to occur entirely within the tropics; most of the others are confined to the southern oceans.
	www.darwinadventure.com /galapagos-wildlife-5.htm (350 words)

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