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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 Atoll 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.
[5] [6] Like all albatrosses, the Laysan albatross is known to be a long-living bird. The oldest known live bird, a female named Wisdom, was at least 70 years old as of 2021. [18] In 2014. she hatched a healthy chick which is believed to be her 36th. [19] [20] The longest lifespan confirmed for a wild seabird was for a breeding male found to ...
SHE DID IT AGAIN! Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg. At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway ...
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The world's oldest known wild bird may soon be a mom again! 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 ...
He was believed to be the oldest member of his species alive in captivity, at the age of 82 in June 2015, [1] [2] having significantly exceeded the average lifespan for his kind. [3] He was one of the longest-lived birds on record [4] and was recognised by the Guinness World Records as the oldest living parrot in the world. [5]
The 100 species with longest life-spans recorded and verified [1] This is a list of the longest-living biological organisms: the individual(s) (or in some instances, clones) of a species with the longest natural maximum life spans. For a given species, such a designation may include:
Her last offspring hatched in 2021.