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Diomedeidae The albatross family includes 13 species of large birds, united in 2 genera. Albatrosses differ well from other tube-noses in that the tubes of their nostrils are located on the sides of the mandible, and not on its ridge. The plumage color is light, mostly white, darker (sometimes black) on the dorsal side and at the ends of the wings. Young people are darker than adults, they acquire a full adult outfit at the 2-4 year of life. Puberty comes late. For the first time, Europeans learned about albatrosses in the XV century, when Portuguese navigators rounded Africa from the south. They called these strange birds "alcatraz" — the same way they called all large seabirds, especially pelicans, in the Mediterranean Sea known to them. But the English sailors distorted the name "Alcatraz", turning it into "albatross". In this way, this popular name arose. There have been cases in history when distorted words and names of local dialects or other European languages "stuck" to exotic animals that were discovered by Europeans in the era of Great Geographical Discoveries. Albatrosses nest mainly in the southern hemisphere between the tropic and the Arctic Circle. Outside of breeding time, they are found in many seas, with the exception of the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. Wingspan: Royal Albatross: 2.9 - 3.3 m Life span: Royal Albatross: 42 years Length: Wandering Albatross: 1.1 - 1.4 m, Royal Albatross: 1.1 - 1.2 m Weight: Wandering Albatross: 7 kg, Royal Albatross: 8.5 kg #Birds