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Home/Explore & Learn/Plants & Wildlife/Birds/Albatrosses/Short-tailed albatross

Short-tailed albatross

Scientific name: Phoebastria albatrus

Short-tailed Albatross
Photo credit: Daniel Clark/USFWS
  • Life Span: > 40 years
  • Wingspan: 213-229 cm (6.9-7.5 ft)
  • Breeding ecology:
    • Monogamous, philopatric (on Torishima and Senkaku Islands, Japan)
    • 1 egg/clutch, 1 egg/year
    • Chicks hatch December through January, fledge 5-6 months post-hatch.
  • Thought to be extinct in 1949; Short-tailed albatross is listed as Endangered. Current world population is about 3,400 individuals.
  • Chicks were translocated from Japan’s Torishima to Bonin Islands (Mokujima) from 2008-2012 to expand breeding colony range.
  • On average, 1-2 pairs breed on Midway Atoll each year. Short-tailed albatross decoys have been in place on Eastern Island for several years to entice more Short-tailed albatrosses to nest there.
  • Key threats: active volcano at primary nesting colony (Torishima) and longline fisheries.

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