Oldest Known Wild Bird a Mother at 60

March 10th, 2011

A Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is at least 60 years old and was spotted in February 2011 raising a chick at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Islands. Photo by John Klavitter, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Wisdom, a 60-year-old Layson albatross, has recently produced a healthy chick. The oldest bird known to scientists, it is estimated that Wisdom has reared at least 30-35 chicks in her lifetime.