The world’s oldest bird is 64 years old, and she just laid an egg.
Wisdom, the oldest known banded (meaning that she has been tagged and followed by scientists) bird in the world, is at least 64 years old. Her species, known as a Laysan albatross, are known for being long-lived – but never this long; the typical Laysan albatross only lives for about forty years at the longest. She has been returning to the Midway Islands, which are home to about 99.7% of the world’s Laysan albatross population, with her mate Mr. Goo – with whom she has been partnered since 2012 – when her previous partner died.
The egg hatched on February 1st, 2016, and the chick has been named Kūkini, a Hawaiian word meaning ‘messenger’.
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