Diomedea dabbenena — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Procellariiformes/Diomedeidae/Diomedea

At a glance

Occurrence records737

Data sources9

Biological traits38

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Diomedea dabbenena's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility733 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System4 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources38 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS737 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) is a large seabird from the albatross family. One of the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea, it was only widely recognised as a full species in 1998.Robertson, C. J. R. & Nunn, G. B. (1998)

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraitsSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology13

Beak depth45.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)155 mm

Beak length (nares)105 mm

Beak width33.1 mm

Body mass7 704 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 7 704 g · AVONET: 6 961 g · EltonTraits: 6 961 g · SeaLifeBase: 0 g

Body mass (female)6 950 g

Body mass (male)8 600 g

Hand-wing index38.3

Kipp's distance244 mm

Secondary length392 mm

Tail length295 mm

Tarsus length102 mm

Wing length636 mm

Life cycle & reproduction11

Age at sexual maturity3 671 days

Egg length131 mm

Egg mass464 g

Egg width81 mm

Fledging age274 days

Fledging mass9 992 g

Incubation78.75 days

Litter size1

Litters per year0.51 /year

Max. longevity720 months

Neonate mass358 g

Diet & foraging5

Fish10 %

Invertebrate90 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheAquatic predator

Water around surface100 %

Habitat & environment6

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonepelagic

Migration3.0

Primary lifestyleAquatic

Range size38 674 167 km²

Other traits3

Depth max5 m

Depth min0 m

Interbirth interval730 days

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Diomedea dabbenena has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type737 records

Wild obs. + sensor719

Museum / vouchered18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 244 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 117≤1 km 8≤10 km 7>10 km 3

135 georeferenced · 584 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor719

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2>10 km 12

14 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence18

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	12
NHMOlocation not on record	2
Australian National Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 15 of 18 vouchered records shown