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title: "Sixty-something Wisdom the Laysan Albatross hatches another chick on Midway Atoll"
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# Sixty-something Wisdom the Laysan Albatross hatches another chick on Midway Atoll

At an estimated 67 years of age, Wisdom the [globally Near Threatened](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/laysan-albatross-phoebastria-immutabilis) Laysan Albatross *Phoebastria immutabilis*, the world’s oldest known breeding bird, hatched her latest egg ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/en/14-news/latest-news/2926-wisdom-the-world-s-oldest-known-albatross-is-back-on-midway-again-and-lays-an-egg?highlight=WyJ3aXNkb20iLCJ3aXNkb20ncyIsIid3aXNkb20nIiwiJ3dpc2RvbScsIiwyMDE4XQ==)) on 6 February this year. Wisdom and her mate Akeakamai of 12 years breed on [Midway Atoll](https://www.acap.aq/news/news-archive/60-2013-news-archive/1434-acap-breeding-site-no-36-midway-atoll-black-footed-laysan-and-short-tailed-albatrosses-within-a-world-heritage-site?highlight=WyJtaWR3YXkiLCJtaWR3YXkncyIsIm1pZHdheSciLCJubyIsIidubyJd&lang=en) in the North Pacific; both are colour-banded to aid in identification.

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Wisdom-with-2018-chick.2.jpg) 

 Wisdom with her 2018 chick, photograph by Bob Peyton, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

 Wisdom has been breeding on Midway Atoll since at least 1956, when she was first banded by the late [Chandler Robbins](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2723-obituary-chandler-robbins-the-ornithologist-who-banded-wisdom-the-world-s-oldest-known-albatross?highlight=WyJjaGFuZGxlciIsImNoYW5kbGVyJ3MiXQ==).

 She has successfully raised an estimated 30-36 albatross chicks over the course of her life to date.

 Visit Wisdom’s[USFWS](http://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/171171553795/wisdom-the-worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird)and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/wisdomthealbatross)pages for more information and photographs.  Read the latest news [here](http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/02/22/hawaii-news/worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird-hatches-another-chick/) and access the many *ACAP Latest News* postings on Wisdom [here](https://www.acap.aq/en/search14?q=wisdom).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 26 February 2018*