Antipodean albatross

Diomedea antipodensis

The Antipodean albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) is a bird found in New Zealand. Found on the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Diomedea antipodensis
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	New Zealand

🏡 Where the Antipodean albatross lives

Found on the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs90%
🐟 Fish10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 7.0 kilograms. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures.

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Recorded by Dan Lane (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC466566. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Antipodean albatross

Where does the Antipodean albatross live?

The Antipodean albatross lives in New Zealand. Found on the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand.

What does the Antipodean albatross eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), fish (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Antipodean albatross endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.