Species profile—Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Diomedeidae (albatrosses) → Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
- Scientific name
- Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- wandering albatross
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1255
- Alternate name(s)
- white-winged albatross
man-of-war bird
great wandering albatross
snowy albatross - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Medium
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1255
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
