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Wisdom (officially designated #Z333) is a wild female Laysan albatross, the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world and the oldest banded bird in the world. [1] First tagged in 1956 at Midway by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), she was still incubating eggs as late as 2024 and has received international media coverage in her lifetime.
Wisdom, the legendary Laysan albatross or mōlī, stands at center over her recently laid egg with other seabirds around the ground nest on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Nov. 27, 2024.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday, Dec. 3, that Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, has laid a new egg, her first in four years.
Members of the Laysan albatross usually have a lifespan of 12 to 40 years, but Wisdom has far surpassed that. She has raised at least 10 chicks since 2006 and as many as 40 in her lifetime ...
The oldest known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of about 74, her first in four years, U.S. wildlife officials said. The long-winged seabird named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at the northwestern edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago and laid what experts estimate may be her 60th egg, the Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish ...
The Laysan albatross is normally a silent bird, but on occasion may be observed emitting long "moo"-ing sounds, descending whinnies, or rattles. [6] Female Laysan albatrosses may bond for life and cooperatively raise their young. [8] A female Laysan albatross named Wisdom is the oldest known wild bird in the
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, laid the egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge at the northwest edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago with a new partner, according to a Tuesday Facebook post ...
Robbins banded a Laysan albatross named Wisdom on Midway Island in 1956. As of 2021, Wisdom is at least 70 years old and is the oldest verified living wild bird. [10] A great advocate for bird banding as a tool for science and conservation, Robbins banded more than 300 species and 190,000 individual birds over the course of his career. [9]