Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) - HBW 1, p. 235
French: Fulmar de Hall
German: Hallsturmvogel
Spanish: Abanto marino Subantártico.
Other common names: Hall's Giant Petrel
Taxonomy: Macronectes giganteus halli Mathews, 1912, Kerguelen.
Long considered conspecific with sibling M. giganteus; some hybridization in areas of sympatry, but differences in timing of breeding and social structure prevent higher degree of interbreeding. Monotypic.
Distribution: Circumpolar in Southern Ocean, breeding on subantarctic islands from South Georgia through S Indian Ocean to New Zealand area.
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A bird feeding on dead King Penguins fallen in a frozen stream Locality St Andrews Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 September 2008 2 years ago 32 sec 5 -
Birds eating a recently dead Elephant Seal pup and chased by the mother Locality St Andrews Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 5 October 2008 2 years ago 1 min 4.8 -
A bird eating a dead King Penguin chick Locality St Andrews Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 14 September 2008 2 years ago 34 sec 4.8 -
Birds full of blood eating a recently dead Elephant Seal pup Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 30 September 2008 2 years ago 51 sec 4.6 -
At the end of winter, some birds are caught in broken ice with King Penguin Locality St Andrews Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 15 September 2008 2 years ago 36 sec 4.6 -
A pair displaying and mating on the nest 10.09.2008 (nouveau) Locality Bird Island, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 September 2008 2 years ago 44 sec 4.5
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Close-up of an adult full of blood eating a dead Elephant Seal pup. Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 30 September 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
Close-up of an adult full of blood foraging on a dead Elephant seal pup. Locality Possession Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 29 October 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
A bird on the water with its wings up. Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 20 August 2011 20 weeks ago 4.4 -
portrait at sea
Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand
Georges Olioso 23 November 2005 40 weeks ago 4.4 -
An adult feeding on a dead Elephant Seal pup Locality St Andrews Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 5 October 2008 3 years ago 4.4 -
Close-up of a bird in the shadow of tussoc grass. Locality Gold Harbour, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 27 October 2010 1 year ago 4.3
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A pair calling on the nest Locality Elsehul Bay, South Georgia
Laurent Demongin 30 September 2008 2 years ago 4
