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Macronectes halli

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Macronectes halli

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Also known as Northern giant petrel

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

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SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderProcellariiformes
  5. FamilyProcellariidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded65,111

via GBIF · IUCN

Museum specimens

Specimen records
184
With media
48
Family
Procellariidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MVZ, UAM, LACM, ANWC, CM
Recorded in
New Zealand, Uruguay, Australia, Chile

Bird sounds

  • alarm call· New Zealand· quality A
  • call· France· quality A
  • call· France· quality A
  • call· United Kingdom· quality A

via Xeno-canto

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Macronectes
Mass
3.58
Image
Pétrel de Hall - - Northern Giant Petrel.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Macronectes halli
taxon name
Macronectes halli
taxon common name
pardelão-subantártico
wingspan
180
litter size
1
taxon range
Africa
short name
M. halli
Sources (7)

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Encyclopedic overview

The northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli), 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 (Macronectes giganteus), albeit slightly further to the north.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macronectes halli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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