Southern Giant Petrel - Macronectes giganteus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Macronectes giganteus
Author (Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174594
Common Names English: Southern Giant Petrel
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Procellariiformes
          Family: Procellariidae
            Genus: Macronectes
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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Links

Link to BirdLife International species profile

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ITIS#174594
StatusIUCN:LC
#records6,638
#datasets15
Years1900 - 2008
Latitudes-72.80 - -12.10
Longitudes-108.67 - 179.87