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Home/Explore & Learn/Plants & Wildlife/Birds/Albatrosses/Black-footed albatross

Black-footed albatross

Hawaiian name: ka‘upu

Scientific name: Phoebastria nigripes

Black-footed Albatross
Photo credit: Daniel Clark/USFWS
  • Life Span: > 40 years
  • Wingspan: 193-216 cm (6.3-7.1 ft)
  • Breeding ecology:
    • Monogamous (mostly), philopatric
    • 1 egg/clutch, 1 egg/year
    • Male incubates 2-3 weeks post-laying
    • Incubation lasts around 65 days
    • Both parents care for egg and chick
    • Chicks hatch from January through February, fledge about five months post-hatching
    • Adults can travel >1,500 km (>930 miles) to forage during incubation and chick-rearing
    • Feed by regurgitation of oil and solids
  • About 33% of the global population nests on Midway.
  • Vulnerable to longline fishing and sea-level rise.

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