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This large and beautiful bird has a huge wing-span of nearly 2.4 metres! It spends most of its time soaring over the nutrient-rich waters off the coast of Peru foraging for fish, squid and crustaceans. They are the only member of Diomedidae located in the tropics.
Waved albatrosses are pelagic birds, spending their lives in the open ocean between the western coasts of Ecuador and Peru and the Galapagos Islands.
They range between 2.7 and 4.0 kg (6.0 and 8.8 lb) in mass, with males averaging significantly heavier than females.
The waved albatross is the largest bird in Galapagos with a wingspan of up to two and a half metres. Both sexes have a white head with a creamy yellow crown ...
The breeding population size on Española is poorly known, estimated most recently as 9,607 pairs in 2001, with an additional 5,495 breeding adults not nesting ...
90 cm. Medium-sized albatross with white head, tinged buff-yellow on crown and nape. Chestnut-brown upperparts finely barred, coarser over rump. Brown upperwing ...
Phoebastria irrorata - dataZone - Charles Darwin Foundation
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Huyvaert, K.P., Apanius, V., Townsend, H., Gill, C.L., et al. (2002) Population Size and Trends of the Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata. Marine Ornithology ...
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Population size: unknown. Population trend: decreasing. Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 2,280,000 km2. Country endemic: yes. Attributes Land-mass type ...
SPECIES. Phoebastria irrorata ; Population size. 50,000-70,00 ; Life Span. 40-45 years ; Top speed. 64. 40. km/hmph ; Weight. 2.7-4. 5.9-8.8. kglbs.
Also known as the Galápagos Albatross, the Waved Albatross has a seven- to eight-foot wingspan. Although it's the largest bird in the Galápagos, this species ...
