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The 10 Longest Surviving Species in the BBL Database

  1. Laysan Albatross - 50 years and 8 months

    Laysan Albatross
    Copyright Roger Clapp

  2. Black-footed Albatross - 40 years 8 months

    Black-footed Albatross
    Copyright Roger Clapp

  3. Great Frigatebird - 38 years 2 months

    Great Frigatebird
    Copyright Roger Clapp

  4. White Tern - 35 years 11 months

    White Tern
    Copyright Roger Clapp

  5. Sooty Tern - 35 years 10 months

    Sooty Tern
    Copyright Roger Clapp

  6. Wandering Albatross - 34 years 7 months

    Wandering Albatross
    Copyright Cagan Sekercioglu

  7. Arctic Tern - 34 years

    Arctic Tern
    Copyright Mary Gustafson

  8. Red-tailed Tropicbird - 32 years 8 months

    Red-tailed Tropicbird

  9. Black-browed Albatross - 32 years 5 months

    Black-browed Albatross
    Copyright Cagan Sekercioglu

  10. Atlantic Puffin - 31 years 11 months

    Atlantic Puffin
    Copyright J. A. Spendelow

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