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The snowy albatross and the southern royal albatross are the largest of the albatrosses and are among the largest of flying birds. They have the largest wingspans of any bird, being up to 3.5 m (11 ft) from tip to tip, although the average is a little over 3 m (9.8 ft).
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 ...
The Amsterdam albatross is a great albatross that breeds in brown, rather than in the more usual white, plumage. This bird weighs 4.8 to 8 kg (11–18 lb) and is 107 to 122 cm (42–48 in) long with a wingspan of 280 to 340 cm (110–130 in).
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 ...
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Great albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, with wingspans reaching up to 2.5–3.5 metres (8.2–11.5 ft) and bodies over 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length. [3] The albatrosses are usually regarded as falling into four genera, but disagreement exists over the number of species.
Mollymawks have the largest range in size of all the albatross genera, as their wingspans are 180 to 256 cm (71–101 in). [9] Mollymawks have what has been described as gull -like plumage , with dark black backs, mantle and tails and lighter heads, underwings and bellies.
The southern royal albatross has a length of 112 to 123 cm (44–48 in) [13] and a mean weight of 8.5 kg (19 lb). At Campbell Island, 11 males were found to have a mean mass of 10.3 kg (23 lb) and 7 females were found to have a mean mass of 7.7 kg (17 lb), thus may be heavier on average than most colonies of wandering albatross. [4]