Southern giant petrel  (Macronectes giganteus)

Range

Southern giant petrels are circumpolar in distribution. The breeding colonies are found from the sub-Antarctic islands south to the Antarctic continent (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

This petrel is pelagic and nests in colonies on islands. Breeding colonies are found on bare or grassy ground (2), often close to penguin colonies (5).

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