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Northern Giant Petrel

Macronectes halliMathews, GM, 1912

English (US) Northern Giant Petrel

The Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.

Range: breeds islands north of Antarctic Convergence from South Georgia to Macquarie (southeast of Australia) and Stewart, Chatham, Antipodes, Auckland, and Campbell islands (New Zealand); ranges coasts and open water of all southern oceans, mostly north of Antarctic ConvergenceRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Macronectes halli
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Northern Giant Petrel
Described by
Mathews, GM, 1912

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Macronectes giganteus halli
Described by
Mathews, GM, 1912
Type locality
Kerguelen.
Original description
The birds of Australia 2 p.187

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 98 species of the family Procellariidae