Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus - Pétrel géant

Pétrel géant
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Procellariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Macronectes

  • Species
    :

    giganteus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 99 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 185 à 205 cm.
  • Weight
    : 3800 à 5000 g
Longevity

30 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pétrel géant
adult plum. breeding
Pétrel géant
adult plum. post breeding

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,
  • pardelão-do-antártico,
  • Riesensturmvogel,
  • déli óriáshojsza,
  • Zuidelijke Reuzenstormvogel,
  • Ossifraga,
  • sydlig jättestormfågel,
  • Sørkjempepetrell,
  • plavec veľký,
  • buřňák obrovský,
  • Sydlig Kæmpestormfugl,
  • isomyrskyliitäjä,
  • Reusenellie,
  • petrell gegant antàrtic,
  • Risafýlingur,
  • petrelec olbrzymi,
  • južni veleviharnik,
  • Южный гигантский буревестник,
  • オオフルマカモメ,
  • 巨鹱,
  • sydlig jättestormfågel,
  • 南方巨鸌〔巨鸌〕,

Voice song and call

Pétrel géant
Poussin

Habitat

Pétrel géant
adult plum. breeding

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

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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