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It’s the oldest wandering albatross in recorded Australian history 🤯⁠⁠Photographer Nic Duncan snapped the bird while out in the Bremer Canyon, about two hours east of Albany.⁠⁠She did not notice the band on the bird's leg until she got home from the photo shoot.⁠⁠But the incredible endurance of the bird can now be revealed, after the band's information was verified by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS).⁠⁠The federal government group manages over 2 million records on bird and bat species, with its database stretching back to 1953.⁠⁠Records show the bird — or BP9 — is approximately 46 years old, surpassing the previous longevity record of 44.⁠⁠"It was very cool to discover that this bird was 46 years old," Ms Duncan said.⁠⁠BP9 is a male wandering albatross that was banded as a chick in September 1976 at the Crozet archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Antarctica.⁠⁠ABBBS records show the bird has covered enormous distances in its lifetime — travelling about 5,600 kilometres each year from its breeding ground to areas such as the Bremer Canyon.