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
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Giant Petrel
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1912
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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