Southern giant petrel - Macronectes giganteus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Macronectes giganteus
Author (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174594
Common Names French: Pétrel géant
Portuguese: pardelão-meridional
Spanish: Abanto marino antártico
English: Southern Giant Petrel
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Procellariiformes
          Family: Procellariidae
            Genus: Macronectes
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN174594
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)9,589
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets25
Year1912 - 2020
Latitude-77.97 - -12.10
Longitude-179.83 - 180.00
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