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Northern giant petrel or Hall's giant petrel Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912: Southern Ocean north of the Antarctic Convergence Zone, and north through Chile, Argentina, South Africa, and half of Australia. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Tina's giant petrel, Taranaki giant petrel Macronectes tinae (Tennyson & Salvador, 2023) extinct (New Zealand ...
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.
The Antarctic petrel is placed in the family Procellariidae of the order Procellariiformes. [8] This petrel along with the snow petrel, the Cape petrel, the giant petrels, and the fulmars, are considered to be a different subclade from the other Procellariidae members. [11] They share certain identifying features.
Adelie penguins in Antarctica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Antarctica.The avifauna of Antarctica include a total of 63 species, of which 1 is endemic.This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
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 ...
Two brown skuas (S. antarcticus) and a southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) fighting over a dead Antarctic fur seal. Outside the breeding season, skuas take fish, offal, and carrion.
Antarctic petrels, Thalassoica antarctica, have to fly over 100 mi (160 km) ... (the giant petrels and some albatrosses can have very large territories) which is the ...
Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli (A) Southern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides; Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica antarctica; Cape petrel, Daption capense; Snow petrel, Pagodroma nivea; Kerguelen petrel, Aphrodroma brevirostris (A) Soft-plumaged petrel, Pterodroma mollis (A) White-headed petrel, Pterodroma lessonii (A) Mottled petrel ...