Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)

Giant petrel with chicks (Macronectes giganteus)

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Southern Giant-Petrel, Drake Passage

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Southern Giant petrel at South Georgia Island

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Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) confronting a Southern Giant Petrel

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Southern Giant Petrel chick (Macronectes giganteus) prior to fledging in early May.

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BIRD FACTS

distribution map showing range of Macronectes giganteus in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genus:	Macronectes
Species:	giganteus
Common Name:	Southern Giant-Petrel

Relatives in same Genus
Northern Giant-Petrel (M. halli)