Giant petrel - Wikipedia
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.
Southern giant petrel - Wikipedia
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.
Southern Giant-Petrel - eBird
Giant-Petrels are known as vultures of the Southern Ocean and can scavenge with gulls at sewage outflows or with albatrosses at fishing boats; often follows ships. Very large (size of smaller albatross) with a very big pale bill that always has a diagnostic pale greenish tip.
Northern giant petrel - Wikipedia
The northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli), also known as Hall's giant petrel, is a large, predatory seabird of the southern oceans. Its range overlaps broadly with the range of the related southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), albeit slightly further to the north.
Northern Giant-Petrel - eBird
Very large (size of smaller albatross) with massive pale bill that always has a pinkish tip (often darker than rest of bill). Plumage varies; most birds dark overall or with whitish face, but some have very whitish head and underparts; does not have a white morph, unlike Southern Giant.
Giant Petrel | Facts, pictures & more about Giant Petrel
Giant Petrels are the only members of the Procellariidae family (Petrels, Prions, and Shearwaters) that have legs strong enough to allow them to move around on land. Like some other seabird species, Giant Petrels secrete a saline solution from a nasal passage in order to rid their bodies of the excess salt they swallow while feeding.
Southern Giant Petrel | Audubon
2015年11月13日 · What chance does the Southern Giant Petrel have at redemption if even seabirds’ greatest champion could find so little to love? Murphy would in sum pronounce the giant petrel “scarcely more popular as a bird than a shark is as a fish.”
Species Spotlight: The Giant Petrel - World Birds
2023年10月16日 · It’s time to get to know the big bad wolf of sea birds; the Giant Petrel. There are two birds who go by the name “Giant Petrel.” The Northern Giant Petrel and the Southern Giant Petrel overlap in range, despite what their name implies, and can be difficult to tell apart.
Southern Giant Petrel - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ...
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. Adults of the two species can be ...
Southern giant petrel – Australian Antarctic Program
Southern giant petrels breed on the Antarctic continent, Antarctic Peninsula and on subantarctic islands including Heard Island, South Georgia, Marion, and Iles Crozet. Southern giant petrels nest in ice-free coastal areas, rocky bluffs, open flats, edges of plateaux or offshore rocks.
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