Wisdom and chick at Midway Atoll

A white-breasted bird with red tag on it's leg nuzzling a chick on a dirt nest

Wisdom and chick at Midway Atoll

Wisdom, who nests at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, is the world’s oldest known bird living in the wild. Here she is February 2017 with her chick that hatched just a few days earlier.

Image

Photo By/Credit

Naomi Blinick/USFWS Volunteer

Facility

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Species

Phoebastria immutabilis

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Public Domain

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