Snowy albatross: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the snowy albatross lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Diomedea exulans
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Africa, Antarctica, Oceania, South America
Mass	484 g (birth weight); 9.11 kg (male organism, adult weight); 7.27 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Procellariiformes
Family	Diomedeidae

Where does the snowy albatross live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the snowy albatross in 12 countries and territories across Africa, Antarctica, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America. In Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Uruguay, South Africa it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Australia (introduced)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Africa (introduced)
French Southern Territories
New Zealand (introduced)
Antarctica
Falkland Islands
Chile (introduced)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Argentina (introduced)
Brazil
Uruguay (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a snowy albatross?

Wikidata records the following for the snowy albatross: mass 484 g (birth weight); 9.11 kg (male organism, adult weight); 7.27 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the snowy albatross endangered?

The snowy albatross’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the snowy albatross?

The snowy albatross (Diomedea exulans) is a bird in the order Procellariiformes and the family Diomedeidae, genus Diomedea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the snowy albatross

The snowy albatross (Diomedea exulans), also known as the wandering albatross, white-winged albatross, or goonie, is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae; they have a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. It is the largest species of albatross and was long considered to be the same species as the Tristan albatross and the Antipodean albatross. Together with the Amsterdam albatross, it forms the wandering albatross species complex, which some began referring to more recently as "snowy".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Snowy albatross (revision 1379042248), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q208682 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).