Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus - Pétrel géant
Systematics
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family:
Procellariidés
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Genus:
Macronectes
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Species:
giganteus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 99 cm
- Wingspan: 185 à 205 cm.
- Weight: 3800 à 5000 g
Longevity
30 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Pétrel géant,
- Abanto-marino Antártico,
- Petrel-gigante / Pardelão-gigante,
- Riesensturmvogel,
- déli óriáshojsza,
- Zuidelijke Reuzenstormvogel,
- Ossifraga del sud,
- Sydlig jättestormfågel,
- Sørkjempepetrell,
- plavec veľký,
- buřňák obrovský,
- Sydlig Kæmpestormfugl,
- isomyrskyliitäjä,
- petrell gegant antàrtic,
- Risafýlingur,
- petrelec olbrzymi,
- južni veleviharnik,
- Южный гигантский буревестник,
- オオフルマカモメ,
- 巨鹱,
- 南方巨鸌〔巨鸌〕,
Habitat
Grassland : Subantarctic ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Sources of information
- Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World, Onley Derek et Scofield Paul
- Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
- Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
- Les oiseaux de Nouvelle Calédonie et des Loyauté, F Hannecart et Y Letocart
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes