Stats

Lifespan: Up to 60 yrs
Size: Large
Diet: Carnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Colony
Biome: Pelagic ocean
Range: Southern Ocean
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Vulnerable

About

Snowy albatrosses are the largest species of albatross and are found in the Southern Ocean, living a long, solitary life of wandering the oceans. Unlike their relatives, snowy albatrosses can swim at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Diomedea
Species: Diomedea exulans