Translation for 'wandering albatross' from English to Dutch

wandering albatross

reuzenalbatros {de} [Diomedea exulans]vogelk.T

grote albatros {de} [Diomedea exulans]vogelk.T

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wandering

zwerftocht {de}

Brazilian wandering spider

Braziliaanse zwerfspin {de} [Phoneutria nigriventer]zoöl.T

In a Dark Wood Wandering

Het woud der verwachting [Hella S. Haasse]lit.F

snowy albatross

grote albatros {de} [Diomedea exulans]vogelk.T

reuzenalbatros {de} [Diomedea exulans]vogelk.T

black-browed albatross

wenkbrauwalbatros {de} [Thalassarche melanophris]vogelk.T

white-winged albatross

grote albatros {de} [Diomedea exulans]vogelk.T

reuzenalbatros {de} [Diomedea exulans]vogelk.T

gray-headed albatross [Am.]

grijskopalbatros {de} [Thalassarche chrysostoma]vogelk.T

grey-headed albatross [Br.]

grijskopalbatros {de} [Thalassarche chrysostoma]vogelk.T

• The wandering albatross was first described as "Diomedea exulans" by Carl Linnaeus, in 1758, based on a specimen from the Cape of Good Hope.
• Gony (also spelled gooney) is an old sailors' name for the wandering albatross ("Diomedea exulans"), which breeds on Bird Island.
• The average life span is unknown but in common with seabirds such as the wandering albatross and Leach's storm petrel, frigatebirds are long-lived.
• This squid is known to be eaten by the sperm whale, blue shark, silky shark, swordfish, and wandering albatross.
• The four breeding species of albatross are all threatened by long-line fishing when feeding away from the island, including the most numerous, the light-mantled sooty albatross with 2000 breeding pairs, and the wandering albatross, with fewer than ten pairs breeding each year.

• While nowhere near the size of birds such as the wandering albatross, the Chilean skua makes up for it in sheer aggression towards other birds.
• Studies in other petrel species such as the Manx shearwater, wandering albatross, and Cory's shearwater, have shown that birds return to the site in which they fledged.
• The use of Linnaeus' binomial name was not adopted by later ornithologists, perhaps because he had already used the specific "demersa" for the African penguin which he placed with the wandering albatross in the genus "Diomedea".
• , and second only to the wandering albatross (up to [...]) in wingspan.
• , and a wandering albatross ("Diomedea exulans") caught in 1965 had a wingspan of [...] , the official record for a living bird.

• For comparison, the wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of living birds at up to [...] but usually weighs less than [...].
• Among living animals that fly, the wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan, up to [...]; the great bustard has the greatest weight, topping at [...].