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  2. Giant petrel - Wikipedia

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    Giant petrels form a genus, Macronectes, from the family Procellariidae, which consists of two living and one extinct species. They are the largest birds in this family. Both extant species in the genus are native to the Southern Hemisphere. Giant petrels are extremely aggressive predators and scavengers, inspiring another common name, the ...

  3. Northern giant petrel - Wikipedia

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    A northern giant petrel picking a penguin carcass at Godthul, South Georgia Two giant petrels eating a fur seal carcass at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. In the rear is a brown skua. The northern giant petrel feeds mainly on carrion (dead penguins and pinnipeds), as well as fish, krill, squid, and other cephalopods.

  4. Southern giant petrel - Wikipedia

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    The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar northern giant petrel , though it overall is centered slightly further south.

  5. Macronectes tinae - Wikipedia

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    Macronectes tinae is an extinct species of giant petrel from the Pliocene of New Zealand.Although clearly belonging to the genus Macronectes, this species was notably smaller and less robust than either of the modern forms, possibly due to its more ancestral nature or due to the warmer climate of its environment.

  6. Petrel - Wikipedia

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    The word petrel (first recorded in that spelling 1703) comes from earlier (ca. 1670) pitteral; the English explorer William Dampier wrote the bird was so called from its way of flying with its feet just skimming the surface of the water, recalling Saint Peter's walk on the sea of Galilee (Matthew xiv.28); if so, it likely was formed in English as a diminutive of Peter (< Old French: Peterelle ...

  7. Procellariiformes - Wikipedia

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    Some of the larger petrels have to nest on windswept locations as they require wind to take off and forage for food. [27] Within the colonies, pairs defend usually small territories (the giant petrels and some albatrosses can have very large territories) which is the small area around either the nest or a burrow. Competition between pairs can ...

  8. Procellariidae - Wikipedia

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    The fulmarine petrels include the largest procellariids, the giant petrels, as well as the two fulmar species, the snow petrel, the Antarctic petrel, and the Cape petrel. The fulmarine petrels are a diverse group with differing habits and appearances, but are linked morphologically by their skull features, particularly the long prominent nasal ...

  9. List of procellariiformes - Wikipedia

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    The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium nasal septum, and a long outer functional primary flight feather. Southern giant petrel , Macronectes giganteus LC