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Together with the Amsterdam albatross, it forms the wandering albatross species complex, which some began referring to more recently as "snowy". [3] The snowy albatross is one of the two largest members of the genus Diomedea (the great albatrosses), being similar in size to the southern royal albatross. It has the greatest known wingspan of any ...
Tristan albatross: Diomedea dabbenena: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) 5: Amsterdam albatross: Diomedea amsterdamensis: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) 6: Antipodean albatross: Diomedea antipodensis: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) 6: Andean condor: Vultur gryphus: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) 7: Northern royal albatross: Diomedea sanfordi: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) 7: Marabou stork: Leptoptilos ...
[33] [84] The greater adjutant and marabou nearly equal the Andean condor in maximum wingspan, with all three birds believed to reach or exceed a wingspan of 3.16 m (10.4 ft). [44] Standing up to 1.53 m (5.0 ft), with a wingspan of up to 2.3 m (7.5 ft) and a weight up to 5 kg (11 lb), the African goliath heron ( Ardea goliath ) is the largest ...
The laysan albatross averages 32 in in length and has a wingspan of 77–80 in. They have the largest wingspan of any bird. The Laysan albatross feeds predominantly on cephalopods , but also eats ...
The distance A to B is the wingspan of this Boeing 777-200ER. The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of 60.93 metres (199 ft 11 in), [1] and a wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) caught in 1965 had a wingspan of 3.63 metres (11 ft 11 in), the official record for a living ...
The wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan of any living flying animal at 3.63 metres (11.9 ft). Among living animals which fly over land, the Andean condor and the marabou stork have the largest wingspan at 3.2 metres (10 ft).
Procellariiforms range in size from the very large wandering albatross, at 11 kg (24 lb) and a 3.6-metre (12-foot) wingspan, to tiny birds like the least storm petrel, at 20 g (0.71 oz) with a 32-centimetre (13-inch) wingspan, [27] and the smallest of the prions, the fairy prion, with a wingspan of 23 to 28 cm (9.1 to 11.0 in). [22]
Laysan albatross have a wingspan well over 6 feet and nest on the grassy areas of low, flat islands, according to the National Audubon Society. They have a population of more than 1 million but ...