The wandering albatross is the largest of its genus, with an average wingspan ranging from 2.51 3.5 m ( 8 ft 3 in 11 ft 6 in ).
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Studies of wandering albatross have shown over 10 % of chicks are extra-pair young; an extremely surprising result since adult wandering albatrosses only breed once every other year when successful.
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The wandering albatross is the largest of its genus, with an average wingspan ranging from 2.51 to 3.5 m ( 8 ft 3 in to 11 ft 6 in ).
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The wandering albatross is the largest of its genus, with an average wingspan ranging from 2.51 m to 3.5 m ( 8 ft 3 in 11 ft 6 in ).
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Studies published in 2012 and 2013 re-analysed wandering albatross foraging paths and concluded strong support for truncated L�vy flights and Brownian walks consistent with predictions of the L�vy flight foraging hypothesis.
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He is also commemorated in the name of Gibson's albatross, a subspecies of the wandering albatross " Diomedea exulans ", though sometimes treated as a full species, " Diomedea gibsoni ".
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The wandering albatross is the largest of its genus, with an average wingspan ranging from 2.51 m to 3.5 m ( 8 ft 3 in & ndash; 11 ft 6 in ).
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The largest species ( e . g . the wandering albatross ) can only take off from water after a huge run-up and from land only with wind assistance from a clifftop.
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The surrounding waters are home to numerous species of albatross and petrel, some of which breed on the islands, including the endangered southern giant-petrel and the wandering albatross, both threatened by long-line fishing.
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As the GSGSSI is committed to performing a survey on the wandering albatross every ten years, Poncet partnered with Cheesemans Ecology Safaris in a public-private partnership in 2014 to offset costs of the census.
