Wisdom The Albatross, The World's Oldest Known Wild Bird, Has Another Chick At Age 70

Referred to as the “oldest known wild bird in history”, Wisdom has outlived previous mating partners as well as the biologist Chandler Robbins, who first banded her in 1956. Wisdom hatched her chick on the 1st of February in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific, where over a million Albatross return to nest each year.

"Each year that Wisdom returns, we learn more about how long seabirds can live and raise chicks," Dr Beth Flint continued. The USFWS has estimated, Wisdom has hatched more than 30 chicks over the course of her lifetime. Sean Dooley, National Public Affairs Manager for BirdLife Australia, was excited about the news of Wisdom's latest chick: