The Wandering Albatross is carnivorous, its main diet consists of cephalopods, e.g squid, cuttlefish, small fish, and crustaceans such as shrimp and prawn, and sometimes, they also eat animal refuse that is floating at sea, their flying range and sensitive smell giving them a high chance of detecting prey.t was often confused with the Tristan Albatross and the Antipoden Albatross as belonging to the same species, some authors still consider them as the same species. The Wandering Albatross is one of the largest living birds in the world, with the largest wingspan of any living bird at a wingspan of about 3.5m (12 ft).