BirdUp · Species
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Macronectes
- Conservation
- Endangered
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The southern giant petrel, 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 distinguished by the colour of their bill-tip: greenish in the southern and reddish in the northern.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- SO, AN : is. and coasts of south Chile and Argentina and Antarctica to Heard (south-central Indian Ocean) and Macquarie is. (far south-east of Australia)
- Non-breeding range
- Widespread in all south oceans and cold currents to north, often south of Antarctic Convergence, often along beaches
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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