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, and the only member that is ca
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Giant petrels are capable walkers, unlike other petrels
Giant petrel feeding on a seal carcass in South Georgia
Giant petrel with chick in Antarctica
The northern giant petrel, 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, albe
Giant petrel
…considered to be conspecific (they were not established as separate species until 1966), the two species, the southern giant petrel, M. giganteus, and northern giant petrel, M. halli, are grouped with the two species of fulmars (Fulmarus) to form a distinct subgroup within the Procellariidae, which includes the Antarctic…
Macronectes halli Godthul, South Georgia, British Overseas Territories, UK flying 8
Immature northern giant petrel in flight.
On Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, British Overseas Territories
A northern giant petrel picking a penguin carcass at Godthul, South Georgia