The 66-year-old Wisdom wild albatross hatching an egg in 2016 on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
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The Wisdom Albatross, the oldest wild bird in the world, gave birth to a chick at the age of 70.
The animal, whose name means wisdom in French, laid an egg at the end of 2020 on its usual nesting site in the Midway Islands (Hawaii).
The baby bird resulting from the love of Wisdom and Akeakamai, partners since 2012, was born on February 1, according to the
New York Times
.
Wisdom's longevity has led her to be in pairs with several successive males while birds of this species traditionally only know one mate all their life.
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Wisdom, a mōlī (Laysan albatross) and world's oldest known, banded wild bird is at least 70 years old.
Biologists estimate she has had at least 30-36 chicks.
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Another 61 year old albatross
His advanced age has also allowed him to give birth to more than thirty chicks in his life, said the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on Twitter on Friday.
Wisdom had been located and ringed in 1956 on the Hawaiian Atoll.
Individuals of its species, Laysan's albatrosses, are known for their high life expectancy.
Behind her, the second oldest albatross ever identified is 61 years old.
Wisdom and her fellows return to the Midway Islands every year to lay eggs on what has become the world's largest home for wild albatrosses.
Millions of other species also come to lay and nest there.
The newborn baby bird should be able to take flight by next summer.
He is currently fed by his two parents, who take turns to regurgitate in his beak fish eggs and squid caught in the North Pacific Ocean.
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