Wisdom (officially designated #Z333) is a wild female Laysan albatross, the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world and the oldest banded bird in the world. [1] First tagged in 1956 at Midway Atoll by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), she was still incubating eggs as late as 2024 and has received international media coverage in her ...

2024年5月10日 · Wisdom is now at least 73 years old and still coming back to Midway Island each year. Biologists estimate she has flown at least 3 million miles, laid 50-60 eggs, and fledged some 30 chicks in her lifetime.

2 天之前 · Here’s the world’s oldest known wild bird, an albatross named Wisdom, at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific in 2023. She’s identifiable by the tag labeled Z333 on her leg.

2022年12月9日 · Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, recently returned to Midway Atoll!The beloved Laysan albatross, or mōlī, is at least 71 years old now.

2024年12月6日 · Wisdom is thriving in America — Wisdom the albatross, that is. The Laysan albatross is now at least 74 years old, and she recently laid an egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge...

Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross or Mōlī in Hawaiian, is the world’s oldest known banded wild bird who breeds on Kuaihelani, an ancient Hawaiian name for Midway Atoll and means “the backbone of the heavens”.

2024年4月17日 · Biologists on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean have spotted a septuagenarian female Laysan albatross named Wisdom flirting with potential mates months after the end of the nesting season.

2021年2月25日 · Wisdom the albatross, who has survived tsunamis, outlived most of her mates, and raised over 40 chicks, is pushing the boundaries of what we thought birds could do.

2024年3月4日 · Wisdom is an albatross that was first banded in 1956 on Midway Atoll in the northern Pacific Ocean. She is at least 67 years old as of 2023, making her the oldest known wild bird currently alive. Albatrosses are known for their …

Since humans know nothing about the specific birds Wisdom consorted with from her 20s to her 50s, we also can’t say whether her mate has been the same albatross all these years. Given Wisdom’s longevity, it’s unlikely her partner in 1956 was the same bird as her current mate—an albatross that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began ...